Ann Waldman: Vermont’s Voucher Program Pays Tuition at Elite Boarding Schools
Voucher advocates like to point to Vermont as the nation’s oldest program. When it was started in 1869, it was intended to pay the tuition...
Category : Vermont
Vermont Says NO to John King!
Vermont is the smartest state in the nation. Not because of test scores, but because the officials in charge of education actually care about children...
Vermont Board of Education: Common Core Tests Don’t Mean Much
Vermont continues to be amazing. It recently issued a letter to parents telling them not to worry about the Common Core tests because the...
The Success of Schools in Massachusetts Cannot Be Explained by Testing
Andy Hargreaves is a professor at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. He received the Grawemeyer Award in 2015. He and two of...
Wendy Lecker: If Only Connecticut Leaders Were as Wise as Vermont’s
Civil right attorney Wendy Lecker chastises education leaders in Connecticut for their whole-hearted embrace of the Smarter Balanced Assessment. She contrasts her home state with...