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Mike Martin
CommentatorMike Martin is the Director of Learning for South Burlington School District and a Senior Associate with the Rowland Foundation.
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Like any profession, education has its rock stars: Piaget, Montessori, Vygotsky ... and John Dewey, who was born and raised in Burlington, Vermont.…
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When I was a kid, I learned in school that the United States was the best country in the world because we were a melting pot. No matter where you came…
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A little while ago during our family dinner, my wife told our youngest son, Theo, that he was really smart, and I remember being surprised at his…
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Supported by the Vermont Arts Council, students from 35 Vermont high schools will recite poems tonight at the Barre Opera House for the semifinals of the…
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With some debate audiences cheering candidates who call each other liars and losers, it’s funny to think that last year’s pundits’ predicted that this…
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My wife, Magali, is from Paris, so in the wake of last weekend’s terrorist attacks, our thoughts naturally leapt first to our family and friends who still…
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Vermont is the small state with big ideas. Think of Bernie Sanders, Ben & Jerry’s, or even John Deere… But when it comes to big ideas that still have a…
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Everywhere you look nowadays, you can see how technology and globalization are reshaping our society. From smartphones, to outsourcing, to the new sharing…
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If you live in Vermont, you probably like small. We don’t have mega-malls and 4-lane highways. We tend to like swimming holes, microbreweries, and family…
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There is a democratic institution that now only exists in the U.S. and Canada. It is an elected body that typically convenes once or twice a month and…