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By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Democrats in the Vermont House put forward another key piece of their education reform proposal, their alternative to the wide-ranging plan unveiled earlier this year by Republican Gov. Phil Scott.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

State Education Secretary Zoie Saunders told the Trump administration Monday that Vermont’s schools will continue diversity, equity and inclusion programs and reaffirmed the state’s compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

After a night of closed-door dealmaking and a day of public debate, the House passed its education reform bill Friday.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Following a federal directive that schools ban “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion-related programs, the Vermont Agency of Education last Friday asked school districts to submit compliance certifications. 

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Following a federal order that schools ban diversity, equity and inclusion-related programs, the Vermont Agency of Education is asking school districts to submit compliance certifications.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The Vermont House and Senate have constructed diverging versions of education reform proposals in recent weeks, setting up a clash between the two chambers.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

“Over the past year, I have done what I said I was going to do,” Zoie Saunders, Vermont’s secretary of education, told lawmakers on the Senate Education Committee Tuesday as they considered her appointment as the state’s top public education official for the second time in less than a year. 

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Despite more than a year of political focus on the cost of Vermont’s education system, voters across the state by and large backed their local school budgets on Town Meeting Day.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

MONTPELIER — For the first time, Gov. Phil Scott and his team released their education reform proposal in bill form, all 176 pages of it, for lawmakers’ consideration on Tuesday.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Gov. Phil Scott’s education reform ideas have absorbed much of the Legislature’s attention, but lawmakers are growing impatient with his administration for not yet introducing a bill with all the details. 

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The Vermont Supreme Court Friday dismissed a suit filed by two senators over Gov. Phil Scott’s appointment of Zoie Saunders as interim education secretary, calling the case “moot.”

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Gov. Phil Scott’s education proposal would allow every student to opt into a school choice lottery system within their regional school district. 

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

As part of Gov. Phil Scott’s wide-ranging proposal for change in public education, he suggested transferring rulemaking authority from the State Board of Education to the Vermont Agency of Education. 

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The Vermont Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal analysts are raising concerns with lawmakers over a wide-ranging overhaul of state administrative software expected to cost more than $70 million.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

MONTPELIER— State officials unveiled the broad strokes of Gov. Phil Scott’s education proposal Wednesday, a plan that includes sweeping changes like consolidating Vermont’s dozens of school districts to just five and adopting a foundation formula. 

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott recently previewed a wide ranging crime bill targeting younger and repeat offenders that he’ll soon be proposing to legislators.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Mimi Brill, Windham County’s supervising public defender, remembered one remote court hearing that neared catastrophe.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

MONTPELIER — As he kicked off his fifth term leading Vermont, Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday used his inaugural address to preview his two top legislative priorities: creating new housing and reforming the state’s education funding system.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party, Jim Danendeau, is stepping down next month.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

A group of lawmakers and a Vermont Agency of Education executive tasked with designing a potential school construction aid program have hashed out the details but stopped short of identifying a funding stream.The group is hoping Gov. Phil Scott will...