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Story + video: Shumlin asks for No Child Left Behind waiver
Gov. Peter Shumlin is seeking a waiver for Vermont schools from the No Child Left Behind Act, the federal law that requires that all students meet rigorous testing standards. Officials in Washington...
View ArticleVermont State Board of Education special meeting notice
For Immediate Release September 30, 2011 Contact Jill Remick 802-828-3154 October 3, 2011, 1:00 p.m. The State Board of Education will hold a special meeting via conference call on Monday, October 3,...
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Board gives OK to state’s initial No Child Left Behind waiver plan
Fayneese Miller, chair of the State Board of Education. VTD/Josh Larkin Vermont will likely get a reprieve from the No Child Left Behind Act under new rules set by the Obama administration. Gov. Peter...
View ArticleTwo members of Vermont State Board of Education to serve on national...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Steve Berlin January 20, 2012 703-684-4000, ext 1118 Fayneese Miller; Sean-Marie Oller Chosen to Serve on National Task Force On the Role of Technology in Schools and...
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Shumlin proposes to make algebra and geometry mandatory for high school students
Gov. Peter Shumlin, Feb. 22, 2012. VTD/Alan Panebaker Math = jobs. Local companies can’t find workers who have enough of a grounding in mathematics to run manufacturing equipment — or who qualify for...
View ArticleGov. Shumlin appoints Edmunds Middle School Principal Johnson-Aten to State...
For Immediate Release March 16, 2012 Contact: Susan Allen 802-279-8493 Gov. Shumlin appoints Edmunds Middle School Principal Johnson-Aten to State Board MONTPELIER – Gov. Peter Shumlin today named...
View ArticleOhanian: Senate must reject Shumlin’s power play
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Susan Ohanian of Charlotte, a longtime teacher and author of 25 books on education policy and practice. Her website is at www.susanohanian.org. Once upon a time,...
View ArticleVermont State Board of Education opens national search for new secretary of...
The State Board of Education has announced it will conduct a national search for a brand new position — the Secretary of the Agency of Education. It will recommend three candidates to the governor at...
View ArticleShumlin appoints Brattleboro Union High School student to Vermont Board of...
For Immediate Release Sept. 7, 2012 Contact: Susan Allen 802-279-8493 Gov. Shumlin appoints student Lachlan Francis to the Board of Education MONTPELIER – Gov. Peter Shumlin announced the appointment...
View ArticleVermont State Board of Education announces Secretary finalists; Commissioner...
NEWS RELEASE Nov. 7, 2012 Contact: Stephan Morse, SBE Chair, 802-365-4255 The Vermont State Board of Education Search Committee announced its recommendations for the new position of Secretary of...
View ArticleVermont State Board of Education approves candidates for agency secretary
NEWS RELEASE Nov. 13, 2012 Contact: Stephan Morse, SBE Chair, 802-365-4255 The full Vermont State Board of Education unanimously approved the search committee’s recommendations for the new position of...
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Candidates for new secretary of education position come from divergent...
Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca. VTD/Josh Larkin Armando Vilaseca, the commissioner of the Department of Education, will compete with two longtime Vermont superintendents for the new Secretary...
View ArticleSchneider: Swan song for the VSBE and a guv’s coup d’etat?
Editor’s note: This op-ed by Rama Schneider was originally posted in ConnectedVermont, a blog for discussion of education, with an emphasis on school board-related issues hosted by the author....
View ArticleVermont State Board of Education to meet May 21
News Release — Vermont State Board of Education May 15, 2013 The State Board of Education (SBE) will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 21st at 9 a.m. in the Library Classroom at CVU. The SBE...
View ArticleVermont State Board of Education appoints national search committee for the...
NEWS RELEASE — Vermont State Board of Education May 24, 2013 Contact Stephan Morse, 802-282-8590 Montpelier – Stephan Morse, chair of the Vermont State Board of Education (SBE), has announced the...
View ArticleVermont State Board of Education adopts the Next Generation Science Standards
NEWS RELEASE — Vermont Agency of Education June 26, 2013 Contact Angela Ross Vermont Agency of Education 802-828-3154 MONTPELIER – The Vermont State Board of Education (SBE) voted unanimously (9-0)...
View ArticleVermont State Board of Education to meet
News Release — Vermont State Board of Education April 11, 2014 The State Board of Education (SBE) will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in Room 304 at the Vermont Agency of...
View ArticleMargaret MacLean: Design for a 21st century school governance system
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Margaret MacLean, an employee of the Rural School and Community Trust and a member of the Vermont State Board of Education. The views expressed are her own. When it...
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Common Core: Vermont schools brace for new tests, standards
Montpelier High School Principal Adam Bunting prepares for the start of the new year. Photo by Katie Jickling/VTDiggerNine binders sit piled in a crate in the back of elementary school teacher Sarah...
View ArticlePublic comment on statewide education plan closes Dec. 4
A statewide strategic education plan is open for public comment until Dec. 4. The five-year plan describes how Vermont will help school boards improve student performance. A draft version was adopted...
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