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Experts and educators expect long-term benefits for students, but some groups remain critical of the mandate.

Experts and educators expect long-term benefits for students, but some groups remain critical of the mandate as they continue to erroneously conflate the curriculum with critical race theory.

One year after he vetoed legislation, Gov. Newsom signs bill, also releasing $50 million for districts to create ethnic studies curricula.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 101 into law, requiring California high school students to take ethnic studies to graduate, starting with the class of 2030.

BENNINGTON — Southwestern Vermont Medical Center announced in an internal memo to staff this week that it will be instituting a $3 minimum wage adjustment and a 3 percent increase

BENNINGTON — A groundbreaking for a $28 million expansion of the emergency department at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center followed a ceremony Friday that drew more than 50 supporters, staff members,

Studies suggest education interruptions — whether schools close for a snowstorm, a hurricane or summer break — can hurt student achievement.

As the pandemic took hold, more than 1 million children did not enroll in local schools. Many of them were the most vulnerable: 5-year-olds in low-income neighborhoods

  MONTREAL -- For Judge Marc-Andre Blanchard who has just rendered his judgment on the Act respecting the laicity of the State, requiring teachers not to display religious symbols during their working hours would be a violation of "the very soul and essence of their person" and would amount to denying the "very foundation of their being" (paragraph [1098]). Have we deconfessionalized school boards to get to this point? According to the judgment, not only should religious displays by govern...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — Southwestern Vermont Health Care has checked off another box in the lengthy permitting process for a $26 million expansion of the hospital emergency department, and the project remains on track to receive final approvals in the fall. The town Development Review Board provided unanimous land use approval for the project Tuesday, as well as for the related demolition of one of the early Putnam Memorial Hospital buildings to al...