AlisoninVermont

education reporter, @sevendaysvt / former public school teacher / Duke University '99
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[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

@MarkJohnsonVT I found this very illuminating. Thanks for doing it, Mark!

[Seven Days @sevendaysvt]

Vermont's 2025 Teacher of the Year, Caitlin MacLeod-Bluver, has dedicated her career to educating students from a diversity of backgrounds in a way that examines and celebrates their cultures — while also helping them excel academically https://t.co/a4lAAfcp6g

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

@jenrosesmithvt Unbelievable!

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

Phone- free schools is the hot topic these days. I looked at what Vermont schools are doing in this week's @sevendaysvt cover story.
#vted @jonhaidt @screenstrong #phonefreeschools
https://t.co/4C1NfZzYf0
#vted

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

"What is frustrating to me is we are essentially guinea pigs in this very expensive science experiment in how to mitigate PCBs." -North Country UHS principal Chris Young #vted

[Seven Days @sevendaysvt]

Students at North Country Union High School in Newport will start the year late and temporarily learn in tents after test results found high levels of airborne PCBs inside the B wing of the building https://t.co/6OGGtFtp7j

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

My latest on the quagmire that is PCB testing in Vermont schools #vted

https://t.co/FdsBngfbOx

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

While looking into one recent lawsuit filed by a school district against the AOE, I found out there were two more. All three suits are complicated but the fact that three separate school districts are suing the agency that oversees them feels indicative of larger issues. #vted

[Seven Days @sevendaysvt]

School boards in Bristol, Woodstock and Springfield have each filed lawsuits recently that allege the Vermont Agency of Education has mishandled situations involving students who qualify for special education https://t.co/w0YPu8g6yn

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

https://t.co/IM7XK0MbtD #vted

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

This story is something else. #vted

[Courtney Lamdin @clamdin]

Burlington police terrified high school students this week when they staged a mock shooting in an attempt to teach them about the unreliability of witness statements. My latest, with @CFlandersVT
https://t.co/WCC473k2kb
#btv #vtpoli

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

@Dame4VT @sevendaysvt Why didn't you get back to my multiple texts and emails, Paul?

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

I tried to uncover the mystery of who paid for and put up the “Just Say No” signs in multiple Chittenden County communities. I found answers — sort of. #vted #vtpoli

[Seven Days @sevendaysvt]

Signs urging people to “Just Say No” to school budgets have popped up in three communities — and they say they were paid for by the Chittenden County GOP.

That’s concerned some residents who think school spending is a local decision — not a political one https://t.co/lwgusthRPp

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

@LifeSciKES @healthvermont @GovPhilScott To be clear, Scott's administration was not in favor of pausing the program.

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

"In a year when property taxes to fund education are soaring and cost containment has become a rallying cry, Conlon doesn't think it makes sense to soldier on with an initiative that is likely to cost the state countless millions."
#vted @vtpoli
https://t.co/VWqN8vTZwU

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

Around 20 school districts still haven't passed budgets — and they're not the highest spending ones. "The ultimate victims of this political wrangling are children who rely on public schools for their education," one supt told me. #vted #vtpoli
https://t.co/7r54A5789f

[Vermont Public @vermontpublic]

Join Vermont’s top journalists as they delve into the most important news stories each week.

https://t.co/78rUJaCrYZ

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

This is a story about gentrification, but it's also a story about how schools are increasingly being called upon to help families with matters that seem unrelated to academics but profoundly affect students' ability to learn. #vted #vtpoli
https://t.co/E3dVyUvuWq

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

“Her confirmation by the full Senate is in doubt. The governor’s request for delay indicates that the administration believes it is in peril.”
Senate says they will not postpone, so vote at 9:30 tomorrow am #vted

[Seven Days @sevendaysvt]

Governor Makes Last-Minute Appeal to Delay Vote on Ed Secretary Nominee https://t.co/5V9UblHsRE

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

Yesterday, Senate Ed voted 3-2 to recommend Saunders to the full Senate. That morning, House Ed heard remarkable testimony from a former state board chair alleging the gov's office tried to interfere in the last secretary search. #vted #vtpoli
https://t.co/hb22zlLmYk

[Seven Days @sevendaysvt]

Senate Committee Votes 3-2 to Recommend Saunders as Education Secretary https://t.co/eROCTN25bY

[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

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[AlisoninVermont @AlisoninV]

Next Thurs, 4/18 at 6:30 pm, I'll be facilitating a conversation with three extraordinary educators at Onyx Tonics in #BTV as part of UVM's Public Philosophy Week. In this challenging time for schools, come hear about the important and inspiring work #vted teachers are doing.