Education

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State of Vermont Department of Education -  .

- Central resource for information on the state's public school system.

Concerned Vermonters for Equal Educational Opportunity - - Information on how Act 60, the Vermont Equal Educational Opportunity Law, is working to provide fairness in education and fairness in taxation.

Donate for Education - - Brings teachers and educators in need of funding together with private citizens who are willing to give for a good cause and make a difference.

Facts About Act 60 - - History, expalination, tax rate comparisons, graphs and how the state's Equal Educational Opportunity Act operates, from the Department of Education.

Governor's Institutes of Vermont - - Provides summer enrichment programs for high school students on Vermont college campuses. Includes applications, program details and contact information.

Liberty High School - - Offers program for adults seeking to complete their high school education, approved by the Vermont State Department of Education.

Mother Goose Programs - - Bringing reading experiences that inform, educate and transform. Forming and fostering communities of readers who use books and discussion to investigate and understand the world around us.

Northwoods Stewardship Center - - Provides science-based education, research and conservation services for the Northern Forest region. Includes project details, community events and camp information.

Vermont Business Center (VBC) - - Offers a series of management development seminars, training needs assessment services and custom training programs.

Vermont Campus Compact - - A nonprofit higher education organization promoting greater institutional commitment to community service, service learning, and local partnership.

Vermont History Day - - Program open to Vermont students in grades six through twelve (including home schooled students). Provides themes and contest guidelines and rules.

Vermont Rivers Project (VRP) - - Designed to improve content knowledge and pedagogy of teachers by studying the Vermont rivers which represent the watershed of Lake Champlain and the Connecticut River.

Vermont School Report - - Results of annual report developed by the department of education, with up to 34 indicators categorized into seven sections.

Vermont School to Work - - Government initiative to increase work-based, applied learning and career awareness opportunities to high school students. Information on events, professional development activities, news, exemplary programs, best practices, tools and resources.

Vermont Schooling in 1791 - - A presentation by Henry Bissex, sponsored by the Vermont Council on the Humanities.

Vermont Schools on the Web - - Links to Vermont colleges, and education organizations.

Brigham v. State (Number 96-502) - - Full text version of the Vermont Supreme Court decision on funding public education. (February 5, 1997)