The VERMONT EDUCATION REPORT (weekly VBE email newsletter)

School Children First!  A a comprehensive report by the Ethan Allen Institute.

VBE Articles and Resources:
• Questions and Answers about School Choice
• True School Choice Stories
• Lessons from Vermont: 132-Year-Old Voucher Program Rebuts Critics   A new report by VBE executive Director Libby Sternberg, published by the Cato Institute.
• Read our BRIEF OF AMICUS in support of petitioners in the Ohio school choice case before the U.S. Supreme Court
• The Need for Education Reform
• Setting the Goals of Education Reform
• Vermont Education Spending and Quality
• Goal #1: School Choice
• Goal #2: Academic Rigor
• Goal #3: Reliable Assessments
• Goal #4: Better Teachers
• Conclusions
• Resources for More Information


General Vermont Information:
 

• Vermont Student Opportunity Scholarship Fund  (VT S.O.S.)
• How to Privatize a Public School in Vermont  Vermonters for Better Education has prepared this guidebook to help school boards, citizens, and parents understand the steps necessary on the road to privatization.
• VERMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: CONTRIBUTORS TO THE COMMON GOOD Survey of Independent Schools in Vermont 2001-2002

Download pdf version (318K) requires Adobe Acrobat
• THE EFFECTS OF TOWN TUITIONING IN VERMONT AND MAINE A new report by Christopher W. Hammons, Ph.D. published by the Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation
• How Does Vermont Compare to Other States Involved in Education Reform?
• Vermont SOS: Private Scholarship Program to Fund Public and Private Education
• Is Your Child a Victim of Grade Inflation?


Press Release:

• Statement in Reaction to Passage of School Choice Bill (05/00)


Vermont News & Opinion

Anonymous
  Thoughts on Teacher "Certification" (05/01)
Libby Sternberg, Executive Director
• Department of education doesn't answer to the people (12/02)
• For God's Sake, Teach them Phonics! (09/00)
• Vermont Clings to 19th Century Education (05/00)
• Mathland or Fantasyland? (05/00)
• No Vermont Celebration for National Charter School Week (05/00)
• Teachers of Teachers - Out of Touch? (05/00)
• VBE Testimony before the House Education Committee (04/00)
• Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails (12/99)
• No Excuses for Academic Failure (11/99)
• Standards or Advocacy? (10/99)
Bernier Mayo
• Certification: Something of Value?(12/99)
• The Vermont Education Association Unmasked (11/99)
• Small Things Can Make a Big Difference (6/99)
• Binding Arbitration - Very, Very Bad Stuff! (5/99)
• Two Frightening Factors (4/99)
• George Orwell is alive and well in Montpelier (3/99)
• Myopia at the State Board of Education (2/99)
• Some Political Predictions (11/98)
• Character Education (11/98)
• How About Teacher Competency Testing for All Teachers? (9/98)
John McClaughry
• (John McClaughry's education articles are indexed here)
Jeffrey Pascoe
• Vermont Needs More Debate on Education Issues (09/00)
• Vermont is Ten Years Behind on Education Reform (05/00)
• Vermont Legislature Passes Fake School Choice Bill (05/00)
• Vermont's Education Report Cards (01/00)
• Is the VT-NEA Dictating Our School Choice Policy? (11/99)
• The Sternberg-Corren School Choice Debate (6/99)
Mary Barrosse Schwartz
• Good Luck Commissioner Wolk (2/00)
Norman Smith
• Demand Performance in Math and Science - Norman F. Smith (3/99)


Vermont Links

• Vermont Newspapers
• Vermont School Information Links (comprehensive)
• The Vermont School Information web site
• Vermont People for Integrity in Education
• CCSU Teacher Apprenticeship Program


National News & Opinion

• Competition Works: Another Success of School Choice - Dr. Howard Fuller (5/99)