Vermont's Choice /tags/vermonts-choice Vermont's Choice en-US żŞÔĆĚĺÓý Fri, 24 Feb 2017 21:09:06 GMT Giving Up School Choice: A Year Later, Elmore Reflects On The Pros And Cons /vpr-news/2017-02-24/giving-up-school-choice-a-year-later-elmore-reflects-on-the-pros-and-cons For towns such as Elmore, in Lamoille County, school choice is a 140-year tradition. When the town was considering a merger with neighboring Morristownâ€� Fri, 24 Feb 2017 21:09:06 GMT /vpr-news/2017-02-24/giving-up-school-choice-a-year-later-elmore-reflects-on-the-pros-and-cons Amy Kolb Noyes Amid Flap Over Independent Schools, Lawmakers Seek To Curtail State Board Of Ed /vpr-news/2017-02-23/amid-flap-over-independent-schools-lawmakers-seek-to-curtail-state-board-of-ed A push by the State Board of Education to expand the special-education obligations of independent schools across Vermont has earned it some new enemies inâ€� Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:57:34 GMT /vpr-news/2017-02-23/amid-flap-over-independent-schools-lawmakers-seek-to-curtail-state-board-of-ed Peter Hirschfeld Vermont School Choice 101 /programs/2017-02-23/vermont-school-choice-101 Ask a roomful of Vermonters to explain school choice and you will probably get several different answers depending on where they're from. If they hailâ€� Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:00:00 GMT /programs/2017-02-23/vermont-school-choice-101 Ric Cengeri, Jane Lindholm How Much Oversight Should The State Board Of Education Have Of Independent Schools? /vpr-news/2017-02-22/how-much-oversight-should-the-state-board-of-education-have-of-independent-schools Last year, about $43 million in public money was spent on private schools by families using school choice in Vermont. Now, the State Board of Educationâ€� Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:45:09 GMT /vpr-news/2017-02-22/how-much-oversight-should-the-state-board-of-education-have-of-independent-schools Howard Weiss-Tisman Proposed Rules Could Mean Changes For How Independent Schools Provide Special Education /vpr-news/2017-02-21/proposed-rules-could-mean-changes-for-how-independent-schools-provide-special-education The State Board of Education is proposing some controversial new rules, which some private school advocates say threaten the very existence of some ofâ€� Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:02:27 GMT /vpr-news/2017-02-21/proposed-rules-could-mean-changes-for-how-independent-schools-provide-special-education Howard Weiss-Tisman For Dedicated Athletes, School Choice Provides Access To Elite Sports Academies /vpr-news/2017-02-20/for-dedicated-athletes-school-choice-provides-access-to-elite-sports-academies Among the dozens of independent schools in Vermont that accept public students through the state's school choice system, none are more specialized thanâ€� Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:03:26 GMT /vpr-news/2017-02-20/for-dedicated-athletes-school-choice-provides-access-to-elite-sports-academies Amy Kolb Noyes For The Sharon Academy, Proposed Oversight Would Threaten Independent Approach /vpr-news/2017-02-20/for-the-sharon-academy-proposed-oversight-would-threaten-independent-approach About one-third of the towns in Vermont have some kind of school choice, and independent schools have opened up near these communities to take advantageâ€� Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:20:19 GMT /vpr-news/2017-02-20/for-the-sharon-academy-proposed-oversight-would-threaten-independent-approach Howard Weiss-Tisman