Education

Plans for a teacher walkout at an independent school in Dorset are off, following the resignation of the school board’s head this week. John Moser stepped down as chair of Long Trail School’s board of trustees on Tuesday, saying it was “in the best interests of the school.” The move came a w...

Two players on the Bellows Free Academy St. Albans football team tested positive for Covid-19 this week, leading officials to cancel the team’s game against Rutland High School that was scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m. After interviews with all team members, about a dozen Bellows Free Academy player...

They’re just trying to play sports. But Vermont student-athletes are often jeered and shouted down by fans in the stands, officials say, including with targeted hate speech. “I’ve been an athletic director for eight years now,” said Michael Jabour, who oversees sports at South Burlington Hig...

Editor’s Note: This story by Seth Tow first appeared in the Valley News on Oct. 9. Hartford High’s girls soccer team walked off the field with six minutes left in a game Thursday night because of sexual harassment from the stands, according to head coach Jeff Acker. Acker pulled his team from th...

The Black Lives Matter flag is a powerful symbol, and it has had an enormous impact in Vermont’s school communities. It has given shape to student activism, and to our political divides. It has raised difficult questions: about racism in Vermont, the boundaries of politics and public education, pe...