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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
NEWS CLIPS, PRESS RELEASES & WEEKLY FIELD MEMOS:
EDUCATION NEWS CLIPS

   

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.

   
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008
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  NOTE: Links to articles and to newspapers open new browser windows.
   

BSD hears plan to raise test scores
BENNINGTON — Local elementary schools have laid out a game plan to raise test scores that focuses on teacher evaluations and development, maximizing the school day and overhauling the mathematics curriculum(
Bennington Banner, Today's Headlines, 5/7/08)

Essex civics class finishes 4th in national contest
ESSEX -- The Essex High School civics class that traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to compete in the 21st annual We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals finished in the Top 10 -- though they suffered heavy casualties. (Burlington Free Press, Top News section, 5/7/08)

Burlington school workers earn new contracts
Burlington School District food service and maintenance workers are celebrating new contracts that will phase in a livable wage over four years. (Burlington Free Press, Top News section, 5/7/08)


Rutland Town school budget rejected second time
Rutland Town voters rejected a proposed $7,711,860 school budget for the second time. (
Rutland Herald, Rutland County section, 5/7/08)

State to offer free breakfasts to low-income students
MONTPELIER — This fall Vermont will become the fourth state to provide free breakfasts to more low-income students (
Rutland Herald, State section, 5/7/08)

Local schools fail federal goals
Waterbury and Duxbury schools failed to meet all of the academic goals set by the federal No Child Left Behind Act. (Waterbury Record, Local News, 5/7/08)

Food program overhaul: Staff cut, new director
School officials undertake 'a leap of faith' to tackle $51,000 budget losses
Camille Mason, a food-service worker at Crossett Brook Middle School, handed a blank piece of paper to everyone in the room. (Waterbury Record, Local News, 5/7/08)

Pike departs for another school district
John Pike is moving onto another school district
(Waterbury Record, Local News, 5/7/08)

Montpelier Senior Center proposes new facility at high school
MONTPELIER – Senior Activity Center officials are set to go before the school board to ask support for plans to construct a new senior center on high school property. (Times Argus, Local & Regional, 5/7/08).

Two math teachers leaving Spaulding
BARRE – The Spaulding High School and Barre Technical Center Campus will be losing two of its most talented teachers, based on a pair of resignations that were presented to the school board this week. (Times Argus, Local & Regional, 5/7/08)

Are we getting what we pay for?
Over the period from 2005-2007, NECAP scores at Barre Town Middle and Elementary School (BTMES) have declined in reading (5 percent), math (4 percent), and writing (8 percent). (Times Argus
, Opinion section, 5/7/08)

   
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
   
  Dates
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.
   
  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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