School sports resume without spectators and with masks during action
While youth winter sports have resumed in Vermont as of Friday, some things have changed if you’re a player or parent.
US is way ahead of Biden’s new target for reopening schools, data shows
President Joe Biden’s new target for reopening schools is behind where United States schools already are in returning to in-person learning, data shows.
Petition seeks for Vernon School District to allow school choice vouchers for religious schools
An online petition has been launched asking that the school board in Vernon allow residents to use their school choice tuition money to attend religious schools.
J.S. Getman: Mt. Abraham Union High School to raise ‘Black Lives Matter’ flag indefinitely
Despite having less than 10% of its constituent’s support, “Community Council unanimously passed MASA’s proposal to raise the flag indefinitely,” backed by the school board and administration, of course.
McClaughry: Scott and school choice
What do you suppose Vermont education would look like if the state gave two-thirds of the pre-pandemic $19,280 dollars per pupil per year to the parents, let the parents choose the education providers, and reduced the tax burden by $600 million dollars?
Schools give unequal discipline based on race, gender? Senate wants to know
A bill under review by the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday seeks more data on whether Vermont schools unfairly discipline racial minorities. Sponsors want this information to “understand what strategies are effective and to encourage the adoption of these strategies at the local level.”
New Hampshire Republicans pushing to expand school vouchers
Republican lawmakers are making another push to expand private school options for students by redirecting state education aid, but the move faces pushback from Democrats and teachers’ unions who say it will hurt traditional public schools.
McClaughry: Closing the educational performance gap
In the coming fiscal year the Vermont legislature will vote to spend over $1.7 billion to educate our preK-12 students. What are students, parents and taxpayers getting for this startling expenditure?
Podcast: What the school board members who shape your child’s curriculum really believe
Over 14,000 school boards, with about 100,000 members, set the course for instruction in classrooms across the country. To understand the views of parents and school board members in debates about K-12 content and policy, The Heritage Foundation commissioned a nationally representative survey.
McClaughry: The coming assault on charter schools
On anything to do with K-12 education, the two big teachers unions own the Democratic Party, in Vermont and in Congress. They hate charter schools, which are almost all non-union.
Vermont parents sue state over unequal access to education, demand town tuitioning for all students
A group of Vermont parents are suing the state and local school districts over unequal access to education under the state’s 150-year-old Town Tuitioning system.
Stan Greer: Teacher union bosses ‘content’ with shuttered schools
With few exceptions, union officials have fought school reopenings tooth and nail. Their fierce resistance would be reasonable if COVID-19 posted a major risk to schoolchildren or to educators themselves. But the fact is that the risk to kids is very low.