Vermont education coverage
VTDigger covers Vermont’s education system from early childhood programs to public and private K–12 schools and higher education institutions.
This page brings together reporting on funding, policy decisions and academic outcomes that affect students, families and communities across the state.
$7.9M grant to fund PFAS research at Bennington College, other institutions
Bennington College faculty and students have been at the forefront of PFAS research since the chemicals were found locally.
Tensions mount over teachers’ contract in Blue Mountain Union School District
Negotiations in the three-town district in Orange County are reaching an unusual point that school board members blame on rising pressure to cut costs. The union sees it differently.
Harwood district leaders eye Cabot Creamery’s Waitsfield complex as a possible future school site
The corporate office building may be suitable to convert to an elementary school that would serve Waitsfield, Warren, Fayston and Moretown students.
Court questions Vermont Catholic Diocese plan to sell Rice Memorial High to supporters
“I do think we have a dispute on fair market value,” a judge said of a proposal to privately offer the South Burlington school for $4.3 million — or 14% of a church-commissioned appraisal of $30.5 million.
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Schools in Barre start the year without a district budget
Voters in the city of Barre and Barre town have rejected the district’s proposed budgets twice. Now an even tighter budget will be up for a vote next month.
White River Valley Supervisory Union addresses chronic absenteeism through community connections
Administrators find that working in the community can be just what chronically absent students need.
Sen. Peter Welch calls for making it easier for Vermont schools to buy more food directly from local farms
Welch and others gathered at a school nutrition conference to find ways to strengthen the connection between Vermont’s local food system and school nutrition programs.
Mary Henry left a NH school district amid a $5 million deficit. Woodstock says she’s exactly who they need.
The superintendent of Mountain Views Supervisory District said the hiring committee reviewed 17 applicants and chose Henry for her experience in public school finance.
UVM president says school’s budget deficit is closed despite declining enrollment
Just before the fall semester begins at the University of Vermont, President Marlene Tromp delivered a “State of the University” address.
Abuse claimants fight Vermont Catholic Church plan to sell Rice Memorial High to supporters
The state’s largest religious denomination, now in bankruptcy court, wants to save the school in South Burlington from potential liquidation by privately offering it for $4.3 million — 14% of the campus’s $30.5 million appraised value.
Vermont wants to train the next generation of physicians. How much should insured Vermonters be paying for it?
Commercial insurance payouts subsidized about $82 million in graduate medical education costs at UVM Medical Center last year. That number is only expected to increase.
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