John Fischer named interim deputy commissioner at the Vermont Department of Education
Fischer, a resident of Moretown, will assume the position of Deputy Commissioner of Transformation and Innovation on an interim basis, which was vacated by Rae Ann Knopf earlier this month.
Vermont ESEA flexibility waiver discussion
For immediate release Jan. 24, 2012 Contact Jill Remick Public Information Officer Vermont Department of Education Office: 802- 828- 3154 jill.remick@state.vt.us Please join us for one of two Webinars to discuss Vermont’s ESEA Flexibility Waiver. ESEA Webinar Session 1 Suggested Participants: Administrators, Educators, Special Educators, Curriculum Coordinators Monday, January 30, 2012 3:15 PM – 4:15 [...]
Schneider: The world of Super Intendents
The trend is blatant: mandated consolidation of Vermont’s schools along with the resulting loss of local and democratic input and control.
Shumlin wants to return more than 1,000 workers to Waterbury
Agency of Natural Resources employees would go to National Life and the state education department would move to downtown Barre as part of a major reshuffling of state government.
Vermont Deputy Commissioner Knopf named executive director of Connecticut Council for Education Reform
Deputy Commissioner Rae Ann Knopf has been named as the first Executive Director for The Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER). She will be leaving her current post as the Deputy Commissioner of Education Transformation and Innovation for the Vermont Department of Education in mid-January.
Vermont loses out on millions in Race To the Top funding
Vermont was one of 35 states that applied for the funding under the Race to the Top-Early Education Challenge and was ranked one of the nine top contenders by Early Ed Watch, a national blog.
Essex educator awarded $25,000 from Milken Family Foundation
Maria Ung, a Science teacher at Essex High School, was surprised at an all-school assembly today with a $25,000 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.
Board gives OK to state’s initial No Child Left Behind waiver plan
Armando Vilaseca, commissioner of the Department of Education, said between 30 to 40 schools in Vermont would be identified as failing under the new targets.
First education finance hearing set for Sept. 7
Two public hearings are scheduled on Wednesday, September 7, 2011, to seek public input as part of the Picus and Associates’ evaluation of Vermont’s education finance system.
Ventriss: Rethinking education governance
The executive branch is accountable only tangentially through the appointment of the State Board of Education; therefore, there is no formal connection between the state education system and other functions or agencies of state government. This has resulted in limited accountability at the executive level and in significant cost shifts from various agencies to local education entities and the Education Fund with little or no transparency.
