AlisoninVermont

@MarkJohnsonVT I found this very illuminating. Thanks for doing it, Mark!

Check out the latest 802 News podcast "How to Fix and Fund K-12" at buzzsprout.com/2246311/episod… #vtpoli #vt #wcax

Vermont's 2025 Teacher of the Year, Caitlin MacLeod-Bluver, has dedicated her career to educating students from a diversity of backgrounds in a way that examines and celebrates their cultures — while also helping them excel academically buff.ly/4eFAQjm

@jenrosesmithvt Unbelievable!

Phone- free schools is the hot topic these days. I looked at what Vermont schools are doing in this week's @sevendaysvt cover story. #vted @jonhaidt @screenstrong #phonefreeschools sevendaysvt.com/news/vermont-s… #vted

"What is frustrating to me is we are essentially guinea pigs in this very expensive science experiment in how to mitigate PCBs." -North Country UHS principal Chris Young #vted

My latest on the quagmire that is PCB testing in Vermont schools #vted sevendaysvt.com/news/vermonts-…

While looking into one recent lawsuit filed by a school district against the AOE, I found out there were two more. All three suits are complicated but the fact that three separate school districts are suing the agency that oversees them feels indicative of larger issues. #vted

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This story is something else. #vted

@Dame4VT @sevendaysvt Why didn't you get back to my multiple texts and emails, Paul?

@sevendaysvt Instead of a story asking voters about 👏THE👏BUDGET👏AND👏PROPERTY👏TAXES👏 we get a story about yard signs that aren't even considered electioneering?

Signs urging people to “Just Say No” to school budgets have popped up in three communities — and they say they were paid for by the Chittenden County GOP. That’s concerned some residents who think school spending is a local decision — not a political one buff.ly/3KjhwvF

I tried to uncover the mystery of who paid for and put up the “Just Say No” signs in multiple Chittenden County communities. I found answers — sort of. #vted #vtpoli

@LifeSciKES @healthvermont @GovPhilScott To be clear, Scott's administration was not in favor of pausing the program.

"In a year when property taxes to fund education are soaring and cost containment has become a rallying cry, Conlon doesn't think it makes sense to soldier on with an initiative that is likely to cost the state countless millions." #vted @vtpoli sevendaysvt.com/news/school-pc…

Around 20 school districts still haven't passed budgets — and they're not the highest spending ones. "The ultimate victims of this political wrangling are children who rely on public schools for their education," one supt told me. #vted #vtpoli sevendaysvt.com/news/as-school…

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This is a story about gentrification, but it's also a story about how schools are increasingly being called upon to help families with matters that seem unrelated to academics but profoundly affect students' ability to learn. #vted #vtpoli sevendaysvt.com/news/were-leav…

“Her confirmation by the full Senate is in doubt. The governor’s request for delay indicates that the administration believes it is in peril.” Senate says they will not postpone, so vote at 9:30 tomorrow am #vted

Yesterday, Senate Ed voted 3-2 to recommend Saunders to the full Senate. That morning, House Ed heard remarkable testimony from a former state board chair alleging the gov's office tried to interfere in the last secretary search. #vted #vtpoli sevendaysvt.com/news/senate-co…

Senate Committee Votes 3-2 to Recommend Saunders as Education Secretary buff.ly/3Uxw4Oe

Next Thurs, 4/18 at 6:30 pm, I'll be facilitating a conversation with three extraordinary educators at Onyx Tonics in #BTV as part of UVM's Public Philosophy Week. In this challenging time for schools, come hear about the important and inspiring work #vted teachers are doing.