Education

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Education-Join the Conversation: Education Quality Standards 05/16/2013

The Vermont State Board of Education oversees education quality in the State. This fall, they appointed a commission of practitioners to revise the education quality standards, State Board Rule 2100. These rules will guide a new education system, focused on personalized learning, flexible pathways to graduation, and high expectations for all students.

Burlington Ward 5 NPA Meeting 05/16/2013

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward.

Vermont Department of Corrections Town Hall Meeting 05/15/2013

Vermont Department of Corrections holds a third town meeting over Vermont Interactive Technologies, providing an update on the changes to the Community High School of Vermont and taking comments and questions from the public.

St. Michael's College: St. Michael's College 2013 Commencement Speaker Mark Shields 05/12/2013

Mark Shields, called “frequently the most trenchant, fair-minded, and thoughtful” political analyst around, and the wittiest, is the 2013 Commencement Speaker at the 106th commencement exercises of Saint Michael's College.

In addition to the 470 bachelor degrees and 43 master degrees, Saint Michael’s College confers honorary doctor of humane letters degrees to four individuals including Mark Shields and Alice Boutin, the first “first lady” of Saint Michael's College, wife of the late Saint Michael’s President Bernard Boutin; Patrick Robins, a 1961 graduate of Saint Michael’s, Burlington community leader and founder of Symquest Group, and Father Daniel Riley, ofm, a campus minister at St. Bonaventure University, and man regarded by some as “a living saint.”

Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu

Champlain College Graduation 05/04/2013

Champlain College Graduation

Burlington School Commissioners' Corner: School Facilities and Security 05/02/2013

Board Chair Alan Matson (W6) speaks with Ward 4 Commissioner Bernie O'Rourke, Chair of the Infrastructure and Technology Committee, and Joel Fitzgerald, Co-Director of Facilities, about the district facilities and security. For more information visit the district web site: www.bsdvt.org

Conversation on Race Now -Listening to the Voices of Parents 04/25/2013

Conversation on Race Now (C.O.R.N.) invites community members in a listening session to the voices of Parents from our community, in facilitated dialogue
addressing their experiences in relationship to race/racism in their lives. (with audience participation).
Facilitated by: Kiah Ellis, Undergraduate student, pursuing a history/philosophy degree at UVM, Avid, competitive snowboarder, participating
member of " Voices of Youth Restorative Circle"
Keynote Guest Speaker: Robert L. Walsh, noted author, graduate of Colgate and MA from UVM, Bob retired from the USMC as Lt. Colonel,
served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, adjunct faculty at UVM, and taught Africa American Studies at South Burlington H.S. His life experience in these areas has afforded him a wide range of experience as related to racism in our state, country and throughout the military world. His stories as a real life witness express the true nature of what it was like, what we see today and what the vision for our future may hold as we explore undoing racism in our community. More information: vhm84@hotmail.com

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting 04/24/2013

On the Waterfront: Rural Vermont 04/24/2013

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Andrea Stander, Executive Director of Rural Vermont.

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Education - Join the Conversation: Extended Day Learning & After-School Programs 04/22/2013

Vermont’s afterschool and summertime programs that occur outside of the school day promote innovative learning opportunities and promote positive intellectual, physical, emotional and social growth. After-school and summer programs are engaging, comprehensive, and successful when done in collaboration with families and partners in the community. Roundtable Participants: ·Armando Vilaseca, Secretary, VT-AOE ·Emanuel Betz, 21C State Director, VT-AOE ·Holly Morehouse, Vermont Center for Afterschool Excellence ·Ginny Burley, Director, Community Connections

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!