Declining Enrollment

As they consider the current house bill mandating school district consolidation many Vermonters seem wary of both intended and unintended consequences.…

All this week, VPR has been exploring the challenges to Vermont schools posed by dwindling student populations in our series Declining Enrollment. Some…

Technology is becoming increasingly important in education. But smaller enrollments, shrinking budgets and rural infrastructure have made incorporating…

Over the past 25 years, there’s been a recurring battle at the Statehouse over whether the consolidation of school districts should be mandated by the…

When my children were in elementary school, I used to help teachers during reading and writing lessons and was very involved in our little school…

Debate about school funding has long involved discussions about tuitioning, where students attend schools in districts other than their own with funding…

Vermont has a wide variety of schools, each with its own set of challenges and its own supply of resources. A state funding law, enacted under court order…

At first glance, it makes fiscal - and even educational - sense to close Vermont’s smallest schools.The savings in overhead alone are alluring, especially…

Vermont's schools are not just small — around 21 percent would be considered "micro-schools," according to Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe. And…

The education questions facing Vermont are similar to the issues that Maine and New Hampshire have grappled with. As part of VPR's education series,…