Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 10:31AM Vermont Technical College will be "wheels up" for the fall semester with a new four-year Bachelor of Science program in Aviation: Professional Pilot Technology. The college has received approval from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and is now accepting applications for fall 2012.
Share Article Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 01:15PM On January 24, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released its 17th Report Card on American Education: Ranking State K-12 Performance, Progress, and Reform. The comprehensive report grades all 50 states and the District of Columbia according to data from national test scores, state education policy, charter school regulation, and other benchmarks of quality.
Share Article Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 01:13PM According to a draft report to the Vermont Legislature provided on January 4, Vermont’s education finance reform Acts 60 and 68 have done what they intended to do by equalizing spending from town to town by factoring out property wealth. The report indicates that some towns that have seen a marked increase in spending have also seen an increase in student performance.
Share Article Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 02:50PM Vermont’s hopes to cash in on some $500 million in federal monies for early education were dashed Friday when the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services rejected the state’s application. Vermont was one of 35 states that applied for the funding under the Race to the Top-Early Education Challenge.
Share Article Monday, December 19, 2011 at 02:31PM Over the past few years Vermont has strengthened its early education system, but some of the biggest challenges in improving learning for all children might come from outside the pre-K system. While children in the the Winedham Southesast Supervisory Union are generally ready to enter kindergarten, issues such as hunger, illness, and fatigue remain some of the most troubling challenges in getting the most out of the school day.
Share Article Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 12:00PM This report from the Vermont Department of Education organizes town school districts into groups by the type of school system they operate and shares data for each group, including the the number of equalized pupils, budgeted expenditures, local education spending per equalized pupil, and statewide rankings.
Share Article Monday, December 5, 2011 at 02:28PM More than 20 representatives of Addison County’s child care community gathered in Middlebury on Thursday and vowed to push for more state support for services they said are being stressed by the struggling economy and drug abuse within young families.
Share Article Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 08:45AM Vermont is once again at the top of the list in public school spending, and the state’s education commissioner said the newest data makes a strong case for consolidating districts.
Link to full articleShare Article Monday, May 23, 2011 at 02:59PM Another year, another 3,097 graduates at the University of Vermont. Many of the students will get their diploma and leave the state for great jobs or graduate school opportunities.
Link to full articleShare Article Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 01:56PM The House has voted to repeal a controversial law that was designed to control local education costs. The people behind the repeal effort argued that the law has been unfair to low and moderate spending school districts, and has favored more affluent towns.
Link to full articleShare Article Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 03:57PM A state senator Monday spent more than an hour Monday working at a childcare center in Colchester as part of an effort to raise awareness about low wages earned by childcare providers.
Link to full articleShare Article Monday, January 31, 2011 at 02:49PM Most educators agree that truancy is a serious issue. Kids who miss a lot of school are less likely to graduate, and chronic absence can point to other problems in a child's life. But efforts to create uniform truancy policies are meeting resistance in one corner of Vermont.
Link to full articleShare Article Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 12:02PM Share Article Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 02:47PM An education is one of the best defenses against financial flimflam, but many students never learn the things that help. Only a handful of states require schools to teach basic personal finance, and it’s often of the old-fashioned, balancing-the-checkbook variety. Also, it tends to come at a stage in life when students are years away from putting the knowledge to practical use. So I was heartened to hear about Champlain College here, which recently started requiring all undergraduates to attend two sessions in financial literacy.
Link to full articleShare Article Friday, December 17, 2010 at 10:43AM A team of Burlington High School students earned more than $19,000 in ten weeks playing the Stock Market Game run by the Vermont Council on Economic Education (VCEE). Today, two Burlington students — Felix Keydel and Mien Chau — were announced as the official winners in the high school division of the Game and were recognized at an awards ceremony at the school at 1:30 pm. More than 400 Vermont high school students from 14 high schools and 230 elementary and middle school students from 15 schools participated in the fall 2010 Stock Market Game competition.
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