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Bill would attach strings to public funds to independent schools
As the national debate about charter schools rages, a variant of that discussion has unfolded in the Vermont Legislature. The movement underfoot — set in motion by Senate Bill 91— would attach more...
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Education secretary goes solo on independent schools report
Armando Vilaseca. File photo by Josh Larkin/VTDigger The rift between those who oppose and support privatizing public schools in Vermont is not getting any narrower. A legislative study committee...
View ArticleCaledonia County GOP passes resolution on Vilaseca report on independent schools
News Release — Caledonia County Republican Committee December 11, 2013 On December 9, 2013, the Caledonia County Republican Committee unanimously passed a resolution stating that our independent...
View ArticleLegislative Preview: Education committees will pick up pre-K bill, analyze...
Gov. Peter Shumlin set the tone for the 2013 legislative session by devoting his entire inaugural address to education. He offered an array of proposals to bolster both early education and...
View ArticleJohn McClaughry: The time of testing for independent schools
Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute. The time of testing for Vermont’s non-sectarian independent schools may well be at hand. A year...
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Stakeholders reach for compromise over independent school requirements
Jo-Anne Unruh, executive director of the Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators, expresses concerns for students with special education needs at independent schools, during testimony...
View ArticleRama Schneider: Rescuing independent schools
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rama Schneider, who is a member of the Williamstown School Board. I’ve been listening to the debate regarding tax dollar funding for Vermont’s private and...
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Moratorium on school privatization goes to final Senate vote
Senators break to discuss potential implications of privatizing public schools before voting on a proposed moratorium Thursday. Photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger A proposed two-year moratorium on...
View ArticleDaren Houck: More nonsense from the Agency of Education
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Daren Houck, who is head of school at The Mountain School at Winhall, an independent K-8 school created in 1998. It was not the first time in my 10 years as a...
View ArticleHouse freezes school privatization debate
The question of whether voters should be allowed to “flip” public schools into private entities has churned for months in Vermont. After lengthy debate on the House floor Wednesday, the issue has been...
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Bill would attach strings to public funds to independent schools
As the national debate about charter schools rages, a variant of that discussion has unfolded in the Vermont Legislature. The movement underfoot — set in motion by Senate Bill 91— would attach more...
View ArticleCaledonia County GOP passes resolution on Vilaseca report on independent schools
News Release — Caledonia County Republican Committee December 11, 2013 On December 9, 2013, the Caledonia County Republican Committee unanimously passed a resolution stating that our independent...
View ArticleJohn McClaughry: The time of testing for independent schools
Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute. The time of testing for Vermont’s non-sectarian independent schools may well be at hand. A year...
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Stakeholders reach for compromise over independent school requirements
Jo-Anne Unruh, executive director of the Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators, expresses concerns for students with special education needs at independent schools, during testimony...
View ArticleRama Schneider: Rescuing independent schools
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rama Schneider, who is a member of the Williamstown School Board. I’ve been listening to the debate regarding tax dollar funding for Vermont’s private and...
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Moratorium on school privatization goes to final Senate vote
Senators break to discuss potential implications of privatizing public schools before voting on a proposed moratorium Thursday. Photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger A proposed two-year moratorium on...
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Independent schools balk at change to state approval process
The State Board of Education will revise rules for state approval of private schools in the coming year. The decision, made at a meeting earlier this month, caught the Vermont Independent Schools...
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For Act 46 skeptics, path to independent school is complicated
The Village School of North Bennington is a former public school. Photo courtesty of www.northbennington.org Near the end of a meeting in Franklin to discuss forming an Act 46 study committee, one...
View ArticleJulie Hansen: Independent schools hands tied
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Julie Hansen, who is director of Thaddeus Stevens School, an accredited independent preK-8 school in Lyndonville Center. This piece was first published in The...
View ArticleBennington and SVSU Hold School Consolidation Forum As Act 46 Committee...
News Release — Town of Bennington September 19, 2016 Contact: Michael A. Harrington Economic and Community Development Director and Communications Liaison Town of Bennington, VT [p] 802.445.1330 | [f]...
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