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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning

by Elizabeth Hewitt and Lola Duffort April 21, 2019March 30, 2020

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Remi Savard is one of the last students at Montpelier High School who remembers what class was like before the school switched to a proficiency-based model three years ago. This story also appeared in VTDigger “If you brought a pencil to class or not, that would be factored into your grade,” the […]

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The other victims when colleges decline or close: their hometowns

by Elizabeth Hewitt February 12, 2019December 4, 2024
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When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk

by Kelly Field June 18, 2018March 30, 2020
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Merger madness? When schools close — forever

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston June 11, 2018March 30, 2020
Wes McEntee works on one of several manufacturing machines students use at Vermont Technical College.
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Colleges are adding programs in a once-decimated industry — manufacturing

Delece Smith-Barrow by Delece Smith-Barrow April 30, 2018April 8, 2021
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