The draft bill aims to replace by July 2027 the existing supervisory union structure with five unified school districts governing the entire state. Each district would be managed by a school board and a central office.

The Department of Justice announced that it plans to work with the U.S. Department of Education to “pursue actions” against educational agencies, colleges, and universities engaging in “illegal DEI And DEIA discrimination.”

The test results are in and Vermont students are lagging in performance in math and reading, and the momentum is going in the wrong direction.

With this projected increase, Vermonters will have seen a 33% increase in education property taxes in the last three years,” Scott said.

“There is no obvious, magic way to miraculously raise $300 million per year without very difficult choices,” a state official said.

Middlebury College enables antisemitic radicals, so concerned parents and students should spend their tuition money elsewhere.

Trustees set a 4.5% increase for out-of-state students and a 2% increase for Vermonters, as well as a 3.5-percent increase for room and board.

Beerworth hopes parents and church and school leaders will challenge young people to engage in the Essay Contest entitled: “The Value of a Single Human Life,” in which young people will reflect on a person in their lives whom they have come to value and appreciate.

An influential House chair has reprimanded the Legislature for its too-quick deadline to report on short-term school spending solutions.

The pouches and the magnetic base stations cost $21,000. The purchase was funded with federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funding.

Until the reported announcement of the ban, the school had an ‘opt out’ policy for students and staff. The proposed ban would stop school-sponsored recitation of the Pledge. One parent said her daughters were marked ‘tardy’ for saying the Pledge before school started.

Non-homestead (second home, business/commercial, apartment house) property taxpayers pay more than homestead taxpayers.

For each of grades 3-8, math scores dropped from last year. Fewer students are considered proficient.

Vermont doctor Rima Carlson explains, “in my 21 years in family medicine, I have not seen this level of anxiety and depression in adolescent patients. It corresponds with the increasing hours teens spend on social media platforms.”

Representative of Vermont? Maybe not, the chair of the Legislature’s new blue ribbon commission on the future of education says.

A recent leading Blue Mountain Union School graduate maintains her academic grades were manipulated by the school officials to cheat her out of winning a prestigious, all-expense scholarship at the University of Vermont – which went to the principal’s daughter.

Special education increases alone are likely to climb by $42 million – despite declining enrollment.

The suspension is a result of behaviors at last spring’s encampment.

‘Kid’ or ‘child’ are preferred over ‘son’ and ‘daughter,’ the Vermont Department of Health advises.

Collins emphasized that remote instruction or an indefinite delay were never considered options, acknowledging the potential detriment to both students and teachers.

The Center will offer select tenants nearly 7,000 sq. ft. of shared wet labs, common areas, and flexible office space, which will allow 20 early-stage companies to tailor their laboratories according to their needs.

‘Persistent PCB contamination’ persists despite remediation efforts over the summer.

School cellphone bans are “having a bit of a moment,” the JO reports.

PCBs. Students’ climate anxiety. Phone free schools. UVM scholarship lawsuit. Etc.

Sports, no. Interschool spelling bees, drama fairs, and debate, yes.

An influx of Afghan refugees is turning around the declining enrollment at Montpelier public schools.