Education

Democratic leaders say they don't have the votes to move forward with mandatory school district consolidation. And they say it's become clear to them that Vermonters don't want it.

With a key legislative deadline looming, lawmakers raced to get key policy bills out of committees this week.

Most of the school budget defeats on Tuesday came in lower-income districts, and education officials are worried about a widening economic gap "between the haves and the have nots."

Legislative leaders hope new projections for property tax growth over the next three years will breathe life into foundering education reform negotiations.

A national group that advocates for school choice filed a civil suit against the state of Vermont that takes aim at what it calls “drastic and unprecedented new restrictions that cut off access to dozens of schools throughout the state.”

Last week the students of Calais Elementary held their first town meeting, during which they made a momentous decision about an end-of-year field trip.

The spirits entrepreneur had purchased the defunct Green Mountain College campus at auction with grand ambitions to revive it. Now he’s leaving with little to show for it.

Towns and school districts across Vermont are weighing big questions about the future of their schools this Town Meeting Day, from closures to a multimillion-dollar bond.

Forced school district consolidation isn't the only obstacle to reform this year, because Vermont lawmakers will also have to poke the hornet’s nest that is school choice.

Both towns held special elections Tuesday, Feb. 10 after the Washington Central Unified School District board voted to close both schools.