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As they consider the current house bill mandating school district consolidation many Vermonters seem wary of both intended and unintended consequences.�
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All this week, VPR has been exploring the challenges to Vermont schools posed by dwindling student populations in our series Declining Enrollment. Some�
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Technology is becoming increasingly important in education. But smaller enrollments, shrinking budgets and rural infrastructure have made incorporating�
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Over the past 25 years, there’s been a recurring battle at the Statehouse over whether the consolidation of school districts should be mandated by the�
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When my children were in elementary school, I used to help teachers during reading and writing lessons and was very involved in our little school�
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Debate about school funding has long involved discussions about tuitioning, where students attend schools in districts other than their own with funding�
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Vermont has a wide variety of schools, each with its own set of challenges and its own supply of resources. A state funding law, enacted under court order�
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At first glance, it makes fiscal - and even educational - sense to close Vermont’s smallest schools.The savings in overhead alone are alluring, especially�
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Vermont's schools are not just small � around 21 percent would be considered "micro-schools," according to Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe. And�
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The education questions facing Vermont are similar to the issues that Maine and New Hampshire have grappled with. As part of VPR's education series,�