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Vickers: VSAC still at work to help Vermonters plan and pay for education
VSAC continues to play a major role in helping Vermonters gain access to education or training beyond high school. VSAC is seeking renewed federal funding for three educational opportunity programs — two serving students in grades 6–12 and one for adult learners — that we’ve operated as far back as 1969. Continue reading
Licata: Vermont and the nation face structural economic changes
Facing us is a deflationary debt-depression, which may be the precursor to a kind of supra-inflation economic period, as tens-of-trillions of dollars of government, corporate and household debt and unfunded liabilities ravage our economy and threaten our way of life, standard of living and even our national security. Simultaneously, emerging countries around the world are challenging our once dominant, near economic monopoly of post WWII. China, next year, will become the leading manufacturer in the world, a distinction held by the U.S. for some 110 years. Continue reading
Page: Vermont Yankee is consistent with state’s values
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Guy Page, executive director of Vermont Energy Partnership.
There is no question that Vermont Yankee offers Vermonters a good financial “deal”: plenty of low-cost power, more than 1,000 jobs and over $15 million annually in government revenue. On the playing field of providing jobs and empowering government to help our needy neighbors, Vermont Yankee scores way ahead of other power generators. It’s… Continue reading
On video + story: Dubie says his 10-point economic plan is “on track”
Dubie: “The best social program is a good job. Only with a strong economy and good paying jobs can state government afford to pay for the services we value as a state.” Continue reading
Douglas: Vermont must make responsible choice with federal education money
Using this one-time federal money to avoid tough decisions would not only leave Vermonters on the hook for $19 million or more in property tax increases next year, it would make it more difficult for the next governor and the next Legislature to advance necessary reforms to reduce property taxes. Continue reading
Vilaseca: Vermont adopts national education standards
The Common Core State Standards are comparable to the most rigorous international education standards. What this means for Vermont and other states with high standards is that we will not be lowering our standards in this move, but rather more states will now have high expectations comparable to what we already have. We will also be able to truly see how well our students perform compared to their peers nationally. Continue reading
Dannenberg: Primary spectrum
This year, primary voters chose candidates on one of three major party ballots—Democratic, Progressive or Republican. Some always object. They want to split their choices among candidates from different parties; that’s not OK in Vermont primaries. A few stormed out without voting when told they couldn’t choose “one from column A and one from column B.” Continue reading
Mathis: Vermont State Board of Education adopts costly curriculum mandates
Some state board members seemed to be looking for ways to seize the $19 million in federal school stimulus money. Continuing this strange philosophy of saving costs by adding burdens, the state board voted to join the “common core” national standards effort. This means the state will have to adopt entirely new math and language arts curriculums. Continue reading
White, Galbraith top vote-getters in Windham County Dems primary for state Senate seats
In the only contested race for the House in the county, Windham District 3-1 in Brattleboro, Valerie Stuart, who runs a public relations firm, defeated Lorie Cartwright, a local attorney. Continue reading
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