Commission on the future of education pays a visit to the valley

Blueprint board approves joint plan on teacher preparation programs

Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Accountability and Implementation Board meets online May 15. (Screenshot)The board overseeing implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future approved a plan Thursday for the state Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collaborate on programs certifying teachers. Approval by the Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB), which oversees the multibillion-dollar plan, comes…

Transformation of Vermont schools nears

VERGENNES — Legislative chefs are closing in on a recipe to transform Vermont’s public education system. House and Senate cooks differ on some of the ingredients for the final product, but most appear confident they’ll be able to serve up a new education blueprint that Vermont taxpayers will find more affordable, efficient and effective than the current one. Negotiations in Montpelier are nearing completion on changes that likely would set a sta…

Commission on the future of education pays a visit to the valley

Rebecca Fillion WHITINGHAM-   Local school board members, educators, administrators, and legislators were in attendance at a meeting of the Legislature’s Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont held at Twin Valley Middle High School on Monday, May 5.