Education

‘Kia Ora, Aotearoa’: Vermont Teachers Learn About the Culture and Languages of New Zealand

April 19, 2026

Katie Swick is back in her Union Elementary School kindergarten classroom after spending two weeks touring New Zealand and visiting the local schools there, returning last month. Her journey began with a…

Vermont Works for Women Celebrates National Women in Construction Week with Free Trades Training

March 5, 2026

by Press Releases

Vermont Works for Women is celebrating National Women in Construction Week by preparing for the 2026 slate of its Trailblazers program. Trailblazers is a…

A Free Degree? Vermont’s Path to Graduate a Year Early and Without Tuition Debt

February 23, 2026

by Mary Cole Mello

Collin Clair, now a junior at Champlain College, remembers when he first heard about the Free Degree Promise. High school students who participate can…

Vermont’s Student Count Keeps Falling; Washington Central Enrollment Decline is Steeper Than Average

January 20, 2026

by Phil Dodd

Education reform is back on the front burner at the Vermont Legislature and is playing out against a backdrop of school taxes that have…

What Schools and Parents Can Do to Teach Media Literacy in a Distracted World

October 9, 2025

by sarah

By Phyllis Zrzavy Our media landscape is more complex than ever before. On a daily basis, we find ourselves navigating an interwoven ecosystem. Old…

A New Mission for Libraries: Supporting Children With Dyslexia

July 31, 2025

by Mary Cole Mello

Early in 2024, three local literacy experts gathered to brainstorm. The group included Emily Carley, a literacy interventionist from the Main Street Middle School…

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Montpelier’s Second Annual Alumni Roundup to Celebrate Local Teacher John Bate

June 26, 2025

by Mary Cole Mello

Mary Campo McPheat, a 2003 graduate of Montpelier High School, is reminding the Montpelier community that it’s time to celebrate again. McPheat is the…

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Legislative leaders and Gov. Phil Scott strike deal on education reform for lawmakers to consider next week

June 19, 2025

by VTDigger

by Ethan Weinstein After days of stagnated negotiations, a group of lawmakers and Gov. Phil Scott reached a compromise on the year’s landmark education reform…

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Stalled Education Reform Bill Would Raise Taxes and Spending for Some Districts, Cut Them for Others

June 16, 2025

by Phil Dodd

H.454, a state bill that has held up adjournment of the Legislature until at least June 16, would — if it passes — lead…

Lost in Time: The MSMS Maker Faire

June 12, 2025

by Mary Cole Mello

Friday, May 30, was no ordinary day for the seventh graders at Montpelier’s Main Street Middle School. For many weeks, they’d been preparing for…

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Stalled Education Reform Bill Would Raise Taxes for Some Districts, Cut Funding for Others

June 2, 2025

by Phil Dodd

H.454, a state bill that would radically change the ways schools are financed in Vermont as well as the size and number of school…

Turtle Island Could Soon Move to Doty Elementary

April 17, 2025

by Carla Occaso

Washington Central school board is negotiating with Turtle Island Children’s Center By Carla Occaso Turtle Island Children’s Center may soon be operating out of…

HERVermont’s Bold Debut: From Research Project to Advocacy Powerhouse

March 10, 2025

by Mary Cole Mello

The five U-32 students who recently founded the organization “HERVermont” started it by reading a book. Inspired by Scott Stern’s “The Trials of Nina…

Talks on Merging MRPS and Washington Central School Districts Could Begin Later This School Year

November 22, 2024

by Phil Dodd

With another tough school budget season and higher school property taxes looming, the question of whether a merger between the Montpelier Roxbury Public School…

Vermont’s Outstanding Educators, 2024–25

November 21, 2024

by Mary Cole Mello

Eighty-six teachers from throughout Vermont were honored at a UVM ceremony on Nov. 7 as this year’s Outstanding Educators. Four of those teachers hail…

Projects, Peers, Problem Solving, and Play: The MSMS Innovation Lab

May 7, 2024

by Mary Cole Mello

This isn’t the middle school classroom you remember from your adolescent years. In one corner, a 3-D printer is rhythmically cranking out new artifacts…

So Much Out There to Learn: Brigitte Savard’s French Exchange Program

April 16, 2024

by Mary Cole Mello

One week after Emmanuel Abatan arrived in Montpelier, she saw snow fall for the first time. She had arrived here along with her friend…

Destination Imagination: Choosing Your Challenge

April 2, 2024

by Mary Cole Mello

The Kellogg-Hubbard Library Children’s Room is a popular hangout in the afternoon, but the four children gathered around the table are not here to…

Financial Literacy: Should High School Students Have to Learn This?

January 24, 2024

by Mary Cole Mello

“We would not allow a young person to get in the driver’s seat of a car without requiring driver’s education, and yet we allow…

MRPS Board Discusses Direction to Take in $800,000 of Budget Cuts

December 5, 2023

by Avi Zimet

The day before the Vermont Tax Department projected an 18.5% increase in property tax bills statewide for the next fiscal year, the Montpelier Roxbury…

First in the Nation: Aly Richards and the Passage of Act 76

October 18, 2023

by Mary Cole Mello

In August of 2023, Aly Richards, the executive director of Let’s Grow Kids, received a mysterious text, asking “Are you under forty?” Shortly afterwards,…

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