WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
According to the University of Michigan, asynchronous learning - also called location independent learning - “is the idea that students learn the same material at different times and locations.” Synchronous learning means students are learning a subject at the same time and in the same location, such attending a lecture. Which model should a school system like the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union embrace? As it turns out, some of each. Tine Biolsi, the district's math coach, said one of her...
At a recent meeting of local Liberty Union Party members, it was noted that many new voters do not realize that even before the platform that was adopted by consensus in 1978 was submitted as our official platform, candidates took a strong position on the construction and operation of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power. Since 1978, the platform has included the following: “Nuclear power is intolerably and incurably unsafe, and we oppose the existence of or construction of nuclear power plants.
Yellow Barn's 49th anniversary season culminates in a full weekend of concerts, including a Saturday matinee, plus a final pre-concert discussion. Featuring major works of the chamber music repertoire, listeners will have the opportunity to take a sonic journey around the world and explore stories woven between the pieces. In a news release, Artistic Director Seth Knopp said, “In the stories we tell, truths and fictions dance in delicate and changing balance, sometimes so closely they become one, indistinguishable but...
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