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Learning
& Education
Links to Learning & Education
On-Line
. Links
to Learning & Education On-Line
The amount of info on the web is enormous, as anyone who's ever tried to run a
search can attest to. And, to put it all in context, best estimates say
that only a fraction, maybe 20 - 40 % of what's out there is actually making its
way to the search engines.
Well ...
Here at DownStreet, we'd like to try to help. So each issue, we
post a few links in House & Home to sites that might interest you.
Sometimes the links will be related to one another ... sometimes
we'll just offer up a somewhat random sampling. In either case, we think
we might be able to help you find the kind of site you've been looking for.
Of course, while we can't vouch for the fact that every link we provide will be
of interest to everyone, we do our best to filter out the noise and the
bustle. ... Vermont
Educational Standards In conjunction with this month's Focus
On: How Are Vermont's High School Students Doing?,
DownStreet is offering these links to Vermont Educational Standards
materials from the State Department of Education. ... Unlike our
usual format, in which we present only a few sites and rate them from one to
five stars, this month we are providing a lengthier list without ratings, but
with briefer comments to give you some idea of what you'll find at each link..
 Vermont Education Matters
This is
the Site Content page for the Dept.. ...
Many of the links which appear below we got to
beginning from this page, so if you prefer to browse
on your own, you can start here.
Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities
This
document is available for download in two
versions: Microsoft Word of Adobe Acrobat [*.pdf].
There is no actual write-up on this page. School Quality Standards
The
original Public School Approval Rules [2100-2193] of
the Vermont State Board of Education Manual of Rules
and Practices were repealed and replaced by these
School Quality Standards. The statutory
authority is derived from 16 V.S.A. §§164 and 165;
Sections 13(b) and (c) of Act 60 of the 1997 session
of the General Assembly, and Section 96 of Act 71 of
the 1998 session of the General Assembly.
... If you want to know how -- and how high --
the bar is set, read them. VT Department of Education:
School Report
The latest version of the
School Report was not available when we went to
press. But it will be by November 13th.
You can access it here, as well as find lots of links
to accompanying resources. Simply drop down the
page where you'll see a pick-list by town. Pick
your town {or any other}, and you'll be taken to a
fairly comprehhensive bit of info on local and district
schools. Equal
Educational Opportunity Act (Act 60): Measuring Equity
Report 2001
However you may feel
about Act 60, it's intent was to equalize educational
opportunity, an obvious need with respect to quality
education for all Vermont's kids. This page take
you to a link where you can download the latest report
in Adobe Acrobat [*.pdf] format. The Guide for the
Operation of Local and Regional Standards Boards
For
LSB's and RSB's, as well as others interested in
professional licensure and development. See
especially the "Policy on Standards for Vermont
Educators: A Vision For Schooling." Also
available via a link
to a downloadable Word document. Wired for Learning - Standards Into Action
This
is a jump page from the Vermont/IBM Reinventing
Education Partnership, on-line materials that are
intended to help Vermont's teachers more quickly and
easily develop content for their classrooms based on
standards. We have to say, we were not that
impressed. There were a couple of
"Applications" available, which actually
linked to other sites for science and geography.
Ok. But the News page was blank, and the School
Directories link didn't function properly. ... Action Planning Guide
"Successful
schools do not happen by accident ..." Thus
begins the intro to the State's step-by-step Action
Planning Guide, designed to help local schools and
districts, as well as interested community members, to
organize their ideas in ways that will get at the
outcomes they're after. Action
Planning Guide: Data Access
This site
used to take you to a great interactive area
where you could chart data for your school or
district, and make use of the Action Planning Guide in
connection with the data. The link now takes you to a
page entitled The School Improvement Support Guide,
but we're not sure what's happened to the data or the
interactivity. We include it in the hope that it
will come back with the new edition of the School
Report {see above.} School Finance
[lots of good data on more than money]
Lacking
the functionality of the link above when we visited,
we found this page with lots of links to all sorts of
education data and info. Of course, as the
State's site says elsewhere, learning matters.
So, too, does money. And you'll find that info
here, too. Teacher Licensing Regulations
If
good school depend upon good teachers, then you may
want to know what it takes to become one here in
Vermont. Vermont's
Results Oriented Program Approval Process – Revised
A
"guide for higher education institutions and
educator preparation programs." Vermont's
Alternative Licensure Program (Peer Review) Handbook
A
direct link to an Adobe Acrobat [*.pdf] file on
alternative paths to licensing. Commissioner's
Comments
He's on his way to
Castleton, but if you want to see the highlights of
what he's had to say since February of last year, this
is the page to go to.
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links that you think are worthwhile, why not send them along to ...
links@downstreetmagazine.com
... If we agree, we'll be happy to include
them in an upcoming issue to pass the word along. ...
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