education

Governor Peter Shumlin: Child Savings Accounts 02/16/2016

Gov. Peter Shumlin, business, community, and education leaders make the case for state funding of a college savings account for every child born in Vermont. In his State of the State Address, the Governor proposed funding Child Savings Accounts (CSAs) by increasing Vermont’s mutual fund registration fee – which is currently the lowest in New England.

Vermont’s CSA program would establish a higher education savings account for every child born or adopted in Vermont. Each child will receive $250 at birth and low-income children will receive an additional $250, for a total of $500. Even this modest amount can greatly increase rates of college enrollment and graduation. Research shows that a savings account of just a few hundred dollars can increase by three times the likelihood that a low-income student will enroll in college and by four times the likelihood that they will graduate. The CSA program would cost approximately $2.25 million per year. To pay for it, the Governor has been soliciting private philanthropic donations. In July, the Governor accepted $25,000 donation from President and CEO of Subaru of New England Ernie Boch Jr.

Partnership for Change: Developing Restorative Justice 02/02/2016

Partnership for Change Executive Director Hal Colston hosts Henri Sparks, Burlington School District Director of Equity, on the process for developing restorative justice and practices in the district.

For more information: www.partnershipvt.org

The 'Y' Connection: Helping Yourself to Health - Small Steps Are the Start 01/20/2016

Y Connection host Jan Riordan speaks with Kristin Magnant, RN, Community Health Initiatives Coordinator with GBYMCA, and Robin Edelman, MS, RD, CDE, Diabetes Program Administrator with Vermont Department of Health on the newly rolled out MyHealthyVT.org website. This web based resource provides information regarding six (6) health self-management programs available across Vermont with the motto “Helping Yourself to Health – Small Steps are the Start.” Emphasis of this show is on Diabetes Prevention. More information on the Y: www.gbymca.org

The Y: We're for youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.

Partnership for Change: English Language Learning Student Programs 01/05/2016

Partnership for Change Executive Director Hal Colston hosts Miriam Ehtesham-Cating, BSD English Language Learner Director, and Lynda Siegel, ELL Teacher in the STEP Program (Studying Toward English Proficiency).

For more information: www.partnershipvt.org

The 'Y' Connection: Greater Burlington YMCA - Mission and Philanthropy 12/02/2015

Y Connection host Jan Riordan speaks with Joyce Cameron, Director of Development & Community Relations, Marsha Faryniarz, Senior Vice President, and Jess Lukas, Assistant Aquatics Director on how the Greater Burlington YMCA blends mission and philanthropy into their community work. www.gbymca.org/give or (802) 652-8159

The Y: We're for youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.

Partnership for Change: Creating a Learning Community 12/01/2015

Guest host Barrie Silver speaks with Josepha Austin, a special education teacher at Burlington High School, Sparks, Director of Equity for the Burlington School District, Ella Causer, a junior at Burlington High School, and Key Nguyen, a junior at Winooski Middle/High School on an October 2015 trip by 24 educators and students from Burlington and Winooski High Schools to New York City on an education innovation tour sponsored by the Partnership for Change and facilitated by I.D.E.A - the Institute for Democratic Education in America. The goals for the tour were for participants to: (1) see "examples in action" of school programs, systems, and learning environments similar to those we are aiming to develop in Winooski and Burlington; and (2) bring back ideas, resources, and insights to share and apply in our own school communities. The tour was designed with the aim of creating a learning community among participants so that they can support each other in bringing what they experience back home.

For more information: www.partnershipvt.org

Governor Peter Shumlin: Education Bill Act 46 11/10/2015

Six months after signing the historic education reform law known as Act 46, Gov. Peter Shumlin highlights its early success in sparking local conversations statewide about how to enhance educational quality for Vermont’s kids. The Governor makes the announcement at Essex High School a week after voters from the towns of Essex, Essex Junction, and Westford voted to streamline their governance structure, forming one unified district to serve 10 schools in the three communities. The unification was the first under Act 46 and reduces the number of schoolboards from five to one and superintendents from two to one.

The Governor is joined for the announcement by House Speaker Shap Smith, Chairman of the House Education Committee Dave Sharpe, Essex Rep. Tim Jerman, Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe, local schoolboard chair Kim Gleason, Superintendents Mark Andrews and Judith DeNova, students, and others.

Partnership for Change: Partner Teacher Program 11/03/2015

Executive Director of Partnership for Change, Hal Colston hosts Beth Fialko Casey and Francesca Dupuis, Burlington High School Teachers who participated in the Partner Teacher Program.

Burlington’s Tech Future – from Education to the Economy 10/29/2015

Brown Bag Lunch and Roundtable Discussion with Mayor Miro Weinberger, William Wallace, Executive Director of U.S. Ignite, Ken Hayes, President and CEO, the Enterprise Center, Chattanooga, TN, Lev Gonick, CEO of OneCommunity, Cleveland Ohio, and more share perspectives on the future of emerging technologies and the technology ecosystem in Burlington as well as exciting projects undertaken in other U.S. Ignite communities.

Partnership for Change: Burlington Superintendent Yaw Obeng 09/29/2015

Executive Director of Partnership for Change, Hal Colston hosts new Burlington Schools Superintendent Yaw Obeng. For more information: www.partnershipvt.org