{"id":2,"date":"2025-03-18T14:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:09:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:09:43","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to <em>A Vermont Design for Education,<\/em> a place to share ideas for improving public schools in Vermont. Here we look at Governor Scott&#8217;s plan for reform, and propose alternatives designed by Vermonters from all walks of life. Please read, comment, and suggest a positive path forward toward schools that better serve our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"282\" src=\"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52\" style=\"width:563px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-4.png 627w, http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-4-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This website is coordinated by Jim Lengel of Duxbury. Here&#8217;s a note from Jim:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"397\" src=\"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0765.JPG-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" style=\"width:107px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0765.JPG-1.jpeg 366w, http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0765.JPG-1-277x300.jpeg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Ever since I began teaching in Vermont in 1972, I have been thinking about how we might better organize and pay for our schools. As Deputy Commissioner of Education in the 1980\u2019s, I traveled the state with former Governor Phill Hoff and State Treasurer Emory Hebard to listen to Vermonters\u2019 thoughts on this topic. Our plan was thwarted by statehouse politics, but has always been on my mind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Since then I\u2019ve worked with schools and education leaders all around the world to help them improve their schools. I\u2019ve witnessed up close the many ways that states and countries organize and pay for their schools. I am happy in my retirement to gather and share ideas from fellow Vermonters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to A Vermont Design for Education, a place to share ideas for improving public schools in Vermont. Here we look at Governor Scott&#8217;s plan for reform, and propose alternatives designed by Vermonters from all walks of life. Please read, comment, and suggest a positive path forward toward schools that better serve our students. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vermontdesign.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}