Mon, Aug 19 Noon and 7 PM It was back in the mid-‘60s when the “achievement gap” was first identified. It linked a child’s socio-economic background with the probability for educational success. The gap still exists.
As summer wanes and the start of the school year nears, Bill Mathis of the National Education Policy Center and UVM Education Professor Cindy Gerstl-Pepin join us to discuss its prevalence in Vermont and what can be done to close the gap.
Here are links to relevant reports on the subject: Teachers Salaries and Opportunities to Learn and Educational Opportunities Working Group on Aligning Funding, Opportunities to Learn and Outcomes on the Education System
Also on the program, Betty Rambur, a professor of Health Policy and Nursing at UVM, has just been named to the Green Mountain Care Board. She explains why she is looking forward to joining the board and her assessment of the work the board has done.
Plus, we return to Summer School to learn how to change the oil in your car.
