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Nearly three-quarters of Vermont’s school districts are under scrutiny for special education. What’s going wrong?
A classroom. Photo through Adobe Stock 30-8 Vermont college districts and supervisory unions — just about 3-quarters of the overall — are underneath point out scrutiny for their specific education and learning procedures, according to a listing provided in reaction to a general public documents request. At initially glance, that amount appears to be a sign of alarming deficiencies in the state’s distinctive education methods and raises thoughts about whether Vermont’s pupils are obtaining the products and services they want — and are legally entitled to. “It is significant,” said Rachel Seelig, Vermont Authorized Aid’s Disability Regulation Venture director. “I do consider that the state demands to be putting a…
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Vermont’s career and tech education system needs repair, report says
The Centre for Engineering Essex in Essex Junction on Friday, December 27, 2019. Picture by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont’s occupation and technological education and learning procedure suffers from a absence of coordination, regional disparities and troubles with funding, a new report found. The 79-site report by Colorado-primarily based consulting business Augenblick, Palaich & Associates and the nonprofit Countrywide Heart on Instruction and the Economic system suggests an overhaul of the techniques for funding and governing Vermont’s centers for vocation and specialized schooling, normally referred to as CTEs. “If the state’s intentions are fairness for all pupils and building a statewide workforce, then the state demands a additional coordinated and coherent statewide…