Public schools in New Hampshire spent $17,133 per student based on average daily attendance (ADA) figures, the 11th highest expenditure level among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a National Education Association report.
Students can now go online and see how much debt the average student graduates with in a certain degree program, along with expected starting salaries. The results indicate that choosing a major matters immensely, especially when relying on federal student loans.
It’s long past time we take these common-sense steps to fix the way we fund education in Vermont. Let’s unite around this effort, instead of continuing to open painful pieces of mail that contain ever-rising tax bills.
Multiple historians slammed The New York Times Magazine’s “1619 Project,” calling the reframing of history false and disturbing, as others are pushing for it to continue being added into public school curriculum.
Probably the best reform now would be for the Legislature to establish universal parental choice with state-issued portable tuition scholarships, and let the merged districts and independent schools compete to attract pupils and revenue.
“Democratic leadership should be ashamed of themselves for turning their backs on New Hampshire’s students,” Gov. Chris Sununu said in a news release. “This game-changing grant would have cost New Hampshire taxpayers nothing.
The freeze was prompted by the state’s $174 million appropriation to the University System of New Hampshire, which is up $12 million from last year and led to the first tuition freeze since 2013.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), aka the Nation’s Report Card, scores are out, and, sadly, it seems I write this same blog post every two years: scores dropped again for Vermont students in all categories.
“Since 1965 when the Great Society launched, we have seen federal education spending quadruple, and yet that achievement gap remains [the same] between poor children and the more affluent kids today, a four-year gap in learning,” Burke said.
The release of nationwide reading and mathematics testing results by state showed notable declines in Vermont student performance compared with the previous 2017 results.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos criticized the state of American students’ education Wednesday, saying the United States is in a “student achievement crisis.”
The Agency of Education is being accused of making the administration of special education expenses more complicated and costly than it needs to be.