By Anne Sosin Editor’s note: Anne N. Sosin is a public health researcher and Policy Fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College and the co-lead on research on Covid-19 and rural health equity in northern New England. […]
Tag: Education
Covid-19 updates, Featured, State News
‘These are students in crisis’: educators grapple with student misbehavior
By Peter D’Auria/VTDigger Since starting school roughly six weeks ago, students at Bristol Elementary School have broken the school’s piano, destroyed computers and dented cars in the parking lot. In the Missisquoi Valley School District, more staff members may be […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Educational equity is about all of us
By Rep. Emilie Kornheiser Editor’s Note: Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, D-Brattleboro, is vice chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, co-chair of the task force on the implementation of the pupil weighting factors report, and a state legislator since 2019. […]
Covid-19 updates, Local News
How school shopping has changed in the pandemic era
Back-to-school shopping sales have long been indicators that the summer vacation season is coming to a close. Students and their parents may visit area stores or browse online looking for items to make the coming school year a success. Those […]
2021 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Volume 50, Number 35 – Sept. 1-7, 2021
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State News
Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network donates anti-racist books to elementary schools
The Vermont Student Anti-racism Network (VSARN) is a youth-led group founded last summer to bring a diverse group of students together from around the state to advocate for anti-racist education. The organization endeavors to make an impact by undertaking projects […]
Featured, Lifestyle, State News
MyFutureVT offers resource for Covid-19 workforce recovery
New tool for job and education seekers Advance Vermont has launched MyFutureVT.org, the state’s first free online hub to provide Vermonters with the information they need to make informed and empowered decisions about their career and education pathways. With 30,000 fewer […]
Letter
The problem with education is not about the money
Dear Editor, I have had many conversations with hundreds of people including local school leadership in regard to the current state of education in Vermont. I have written many commentaries that have been published in newspapers throughout the state as […]
Op - Ed
VSAC study of college completion identifies urgent needs
By Scott Giles Nearly every conversation about the economic future of our state begins and ends with the need for greater workforce development and for Vermonters to get the education and training required for the available jobs today and the […]
State News
Fewer pupils, more spending Governor convenes education summit
By Michelle Monroe, St. Albans Messenger NORTHFIELD, Vt. — How to provide Vermont’s students with a quality education at an affordable cost as the number of students across the state continues to decline? That is the question the state has […]