Vermont school improvement plan gets federal approval

Vermont Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerAfter some back and forth with the Agency of Education, the U.S. Department of Education approved Vermont’s plan to comply with the federal law that gives states financial support for low-income schools.The state had been in a long-standing feud with the federal government over punishments tied to the same funds under the earlier No Child Left Behind law, but now state officials are pleased their proposal, w