Lola Duffort
Education/Youth ReporterLola is Vermont Public's education and youth reporter, covering schools, child care, the child protection system and anything that matters to kids and families. She's previously reported in Vermont, New Hampshire, Florida (where she grew up) and Canada (where she went to college).
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The closest alternative, St. Johnsbury Academy, is private, and the role that one of its teachers — Vermont Senate Minority Leader Scott Beck — has had in encouraging the vote to close has prompted outcry among the Danville School’s supporters. -
An analysis of data for the 2023-24 school year suggests that the state’s private schools, in general, did enroll students on individualized education programs at lower rates than public schools in Vermont. But there were important exceptions to that pattern. -
As insurers pull out of Vermont’s Medicare Advantage market, tens of thousands of residents will have to find new coverage before the end of year. -
The Trump administration is seeking to deport Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student, and Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, as part of its crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists. -
A bipartisan group of Vermont House lawmakers went on the four-day trip sponsored by Israel. Some remain staunch defenders of the country, but two of the lawmakers said Israel is committing genocide. -
The decision, characterized as mutual, comes less than a week after state health care regulators issued blistering criticism of the network and made major cuts to its flagship hospital budget. -
Vermont’s announcement follows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to significantly narrow eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines, and is the latest example of a state breaking with the federal government over immunizations. -
Many communities are holding off on capital projects, but others are trying to move ahead. The Central Vermont Career Center in Barre is asking voters to approve a $149 million new facility. -
The Alliance Defending Freedom, a powerful conservative law firm that has won several precedent-setting cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, brought the lawsuit on behalf of the Quechee school. -
As part of Act 73, this year's sweeping education reform law, lawmakers enacted much stricter rules about where families can go with publicly funded tuition vouchers. Deborah Bucknam, a Walden-based attorney, is now laying the groundwork for a legal challenge.
