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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.
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title to link to the full text on its newspaper's Web site. Click on a newspaper's
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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 lossesCamille 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)
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