Governor
Peter Shumlin and the chair of the state Board of Education say they plan to
launch a national search for an Education Secretary, after a Vermont law was passed that gives the governor the authority
to make that appointment.
Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca discusses the department’s change to a state agency, and Senator Bernie Sanders looks at the future of rural post offices.
Lawmakers
have endorsed two bills that backers believe will help improve the quality of
education in Vermont. One bill affects
the role of the commissioner of education, and the other expands public school
choice.
We hear the pros and cons of bill proposed in the House would make Education a state agency. Also, reporter Candace Page fills us in on Vermont’s hazardous waste sites. Plus, we visit the third annual "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day" event.