Dear editor, Earl Butz was Richard Nixon’s Secretary of Agriculture and was famous for telling farmers to “get big or get out.” He was responsible for rolling back many New Deal era policies that insulated farmers from the vagaries of […]
Tag: schools
Op - Ed, Opinion
Time to examine equity in public schools
By Rob Roper Equity and access to educational resources has been a hot topic surrounding the rules (or changes thereto) governing independent schools that accept tax dollars through Vermont’s tuitioning system. Some argue that if a school takes state money […]
Local News
In Vermont, 19 percent of schools offer universal free lunch
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org More schools in Vermont are taking advantage of a federal program that offers free meals to all students in low-income areas. In 2014, 29 schools in Vermont signed up with the “universal” meal program and […]
Local News
Act 46 by the numbers: Merger votes are in
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org An overwhelming majority of towns that have voted so far have chosen to unite with neighboring towns to create larger governance structures for their schools. Districts around the state are studying whether to merge with […]
Local News
Educators say small schools have a place
By Lee J. Kahrs, Brandon Reporter As the Vermont Senate Education Committee continues its work on an education funding reform bill, small schools are once again under scrutiny as lawmakers consider the proposition that school and district consolidation equals cost […]
Local News
Shumlin: the process of right-sizing schools won’t be easy, but it’s necessary
By John Flowers, The Addison Independent Gov. Peter Shumlin on Monday, March 23, called on lawmakers to help him contain what he called one of the state’s top cost-drivers—education—in an effort to make Vermont more fiscally solvent and attractive to […]