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DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION:
NEWS CLIPS, PRESS RELEASES & WEEKLY FIELD MEMOS:
EDUCATION NEWS CLIPS
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The Department of
Education reviews online newspapers each week day and compiles clips relevant to
education in Vermont. A Web page is created for each day's clips with article titles
and descriptions as well as information about the article's source.
Click on an article's
title to link to the full text on its newspaper's Web site. Click on a newspaper's
name to link to the publication's home page. NOTE: Links to articles and to newspapers
open new browser windows. View additional
information
if you are having difficulties accessing links to stories or if you have other questions
about the clips.
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MONDAY,
APRIL 28, 2008
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Dates usually reflect
the date that stories were compiled for posting. Articles from non-daily sources
are posted on the day they become available to the Department of Education. Weekend
news clips are posted on Mondays. Clips are posted for one month. Links to articles
and to news resources' Web sites are set to open new windows in your browser. |
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Leaky
school roof needs a quick(er) fix
POWNAL — On Thursday, the Pownal school board decided to
repair the school's deteriorating roof this summer. (Bennington
Banner, Today's
Headlines, 4/28/08)
My
Turn: Cutting Board of Ed solves no problems
The typical citizen is not paying attention to every bill under
consideration. (Burlington
Free Press,
Editorial section, 4/28/08)
Girls State Program Canceled This Year
Girls State, a program offered by the American Legion Auxiliary
for high school juniors to learn about citizenship, was canceled
this year in Vermont.
(Caledonian-Record, Local News
section, 4/28/08)
Sutton
School Budget Defeated For Second Time
By a margin of two to one, Sutton voters once again rejected
the proposed school budget Saturday morning. (Caledonian-Record, Local News
section, 4/28/08)
Editorial:
Honest Data on High School Dropouts
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings took a welcome step in
the right direction by issuing new rules for how graduation
rates are calculated.
(The
New York Times,
Opinion section, 4/28/08)
Educators rally to urge repeal of law setting extra budget vote
BARRE – Vermont educators staged a rally Sunday evening
in an ongoing effort to convince lawmakers to repeal a 2007
law intended to slow the rate of school spending in Vermont.
(Times
Argus,
Central Vermont section, 4/28/08)
Commentary:
VPA should put athletes first, not concerns about rules
The Vermont Principals' Association decided on March 13, 2008,
that two Montpelier High School runners could not race for the
U-32 Cross-Country team, even though Montpelier does not field
a team. (Times
Argus,
Editorial section, 4/28/08)
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SUNDAY,
APRIL 27, 2008
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(No
entries found.)
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SATURDAY,
APRIL 26, 2008
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Editorial:
Require The Pledge Of Allegiance Be Recited Daily
Recently, a family moved from Shelburne to Salisbury. They were
surprised and dismayed when their first grade daughter came
home and asked why her class in Salisbury didn't say the Pledge
of Allegiance every morning as her class did in Shelburne. (Caledonian-Record,
Editorial section, 4/26/08)
SOAR
gets $616K federal grant
A federal grant for $616,000 will help keep a local after-school
program afloat for another five years. (Rutland
Herald,
Rutland County section, 4/26/08)
City
schools eye living lab
After 10 years of looking for a house to rent, Rutland City
Public Schools may have found one in their price range. (Rutland
Herald,
Rutland County section, 4/26/08)
School
bus rolls in West Haven
WEST HAVEN — Police responded to a bus that went off the
road and rolled on its side in West Haven Friday. (Rutland
Herald,
Rutland County section, 4/26/08)
EDITORIAL:
Judgment Calls Hanover High's Choice to Make
Testifying
in the cases of two students charged with being accomplices
to theft in the incident (one of whom, Jeffrey Fairbrothers,
was acquitted Wednesday), Hanover High Dean of Students Ron
Eberhardt acknowledged that school officials routinely leave
police out of cases in which student property is stolen. (Valley
News,
Top Stories section, 4/26/08)
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
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Trouble Linking to
Stories?
The Burlington Free Press, Deerfield Valley News, Barton Chronicle, Herald of Randolph
and Journal Opinion only maintain articles for one week on their sites. Although
you will still be able to view article summaries on the Department of Education's
site, direct links to the articles are removed after one week. Contact the papers
directly or check with your local library for copies of older articles. If you have
problems with direct links to articles, use the link to a paper's homepage (following
the article summary) and search for your article directly through its site. |
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