equity

Board signs on to inclusion pact

DOVER- Selectboard members signed a “Declaration of Inclusion” at their regular meeting Tuesday evening, making Dover the 97th town in the state to do so.
The board met by Zoom with Norman Cohen and Al Wakefield, of the Vermont Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative. Wakefield said...

Gov. Phil Scott and Xusana Davis at Tuesday's press conference

Governor lays out plans for inclusive Vermont

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott and Office of Racial Equity Executive Director Xusana Davis promoted a state initiative aimed at making municipal governments more inclusive, equitable, and welcoming at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
IDEAL Vermont (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Action,...

WSSU to form JEDI council to spur more equity and inclusion

WILMINGTON- Windham Southwest Supervisory Union will create a JEDI council, superintendent Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll announced at Tuesday evening’s Twin Valley School Board meeting.
Komons-Montroll said that the WSSU leadership team, which includes school principals and supervisory...

Remember enslaved person

BENNINGTON - Margaret “Peg” Bowen was born about 1742 in or near Hadley, MA. She was enslaved in Bennington by Stephen Fay from 1772 to 1778. On Saturday, June 25, at 10 am, she will be remembered and honored by the people of Bennington.
Peg lived and worked at Fay’s Tavern, better known...

Gov. Phil Scott File photo

Governor Scott signs weighting bill

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott signed S.287, the student weighting bill based on recommendations made in the 2019 Pupil Weighting Factors Report, on Monday.
The bill significantly increases state funding for schools with high numbers of students from an economically-deprived background,...

Student activists hold panel on racism in public schools

VERMONT - On Thursday, the Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network held an Equity in Education conference over Zoom. Student and teacher panelists answered questions on advancing racial equity in the public education system.
Within Vermont, acts and accusations of racism in public schools have...

Richard Werner, chair of River Valleys School Board and Windham Central Supervisory Union, speaking at Tuesday's press briefing

CVTSE calls for rejection of cost equity proposal

MONTPELIER- At a Statehouse press conference Tuesday, the Coalition for Vermont Student Equity called on the House Ways and Means Committee to reject sweeping changes under consideration for S.287, the Senate’s proposed education funding equity bill.
“The Senate did their homework and got...

A screenshot of participants in Monday’s panel discussion on education and education funding.

Education experts weigh in on funding study, task force

Concerns raised that Legislature will abandon study for failed categorical aid formula VERMONT- During a virtual presentation hosted by the Coalition for Vermont Student Equity Monday evening, five experts on Vermont education and education funding discussed recent work by the...

Marker for Caesar, a slave from 1750. Markers are meant to serve as recognition of America’s history in new project.

Recognizing history

BENNINGTON - The Stopping Stones project is a national effort intended to engage communities with the local and broader history of slavery by memorializing the names of enslaved persons with markers in the places they were once held. The organization works toward repairing inequality in education...

Can social media be used in hiring?

WARDSBORO - At the Monday, September 16, meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board, the board engaged in a conversation about the meaning of the word “equity” within the district. In addition, the board discussed plans to invite Sens. Becca Balint and Jeanette White to a...