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Young Writers Project: Fine Is An Ugly Word
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Clara Henderson, a freshman at The Sharon Academy, writes about how to stay special.Vermont Edition
Wikipedia and Academia
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Never use Wikipedia as a source! That’s what high school students across the country learn when writing their term papers. As it turns out, that attitude might be changing.VPR News
Local School Budgets Fare Well On Town Meeting Day
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For the most part, local school budgets fared reasonably well on Town Meeting Day — 220 budgets were adopted and 16 were defeated. But local school officials say budget pressures will continue to grow in the coming years.Vermont Edition
Education Taxes: Is The System Working?
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We discuss the challenges of the current education funding system and what changes could be made to fix it, hear about author Sarah Stewart (S.S.) Taylor’s new book, The Expeditioners and we learn about the new rules regulating bait fish.Commentary Series
Schubart: Compete or Collaborate
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Retired businessman Bill Schubart has volunteered since the age of 26 in the non-profit sector. In this commentary, he imagines the collaborative opportunities open to 26 Vermont’s colleges and universities in America’s shrinking student marketplace.VPR News
Give It Away Now
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A class of students at Middlebury College learned recently how difficult it can be to make wise philanthropic decisions when the class was asked to give away real money to worthy recipients.VPR News
UVM Drops Canadian Studies Major
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Professor Dave Massell, director of the Canadian Studies program at the University of Vermont, talks with Vermont Edition about why he recommended changes for the program, making it available as a minor and not an academic major.VPR News
Vt. House Advances Bill To Raise Statewide Property Tax Rate
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The Vermont House has given its preliminary approval to a bill that raises the statewide property tax rate for education to one of its highest levels in several years.Commentary Series
