Editing Vermont (section)

==Education==
{{Update section|date=April 2022}}

{{Main|Education in Vermont}}
[[File:Lyndon Institute.jpg|thumb|[[Lyndon Institute]], a non-profit high school in [[Lyndon, Vermont]] with both day and boarding students.]]

Vermont was named the nation's smartest state in 2005 and 2006.<ref>{{Cite book|author = Walsh, Molly |title = Vermont doing better than most|publisher = Burlington Free Press|date = June 8, 2007}}</ref> In 2006, there was a gap between state testing standards and national, which is biased in favor of the state standards by 30%, on average. This puts Vermont 11th-best in the nation. Most states have a higher bias.<ref>{{Cite book|author = King, Ledyard |title = State tests put image ahead of performance|publisher = Burlington Free Press|date = June 8, 2007}}</ref> However, when allowance for race is considered, a 2007 U.S. Government list of test scores shows Vermont white fourth graders performed 25th in the nation for reading (229) and 26th for math (247).<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/statecomp/ US Department of Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825001901/http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/statecomp/ |date=August 25, 2009 }}. Retrieved July 6, 2008.</ref> White eighth graders scored 18th for math (292) and 12th for reading (273). The first three scores were not considered statistically different from average. White eighth graders scored significantly above average in reading. Statistics for black students were not reliable because of their small representation in the testing.

In 2017, spending $1.6 billion on education for 76,000 public school children, represents more than $21,000 per student.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vtdigger.org/2018/01/09/lawmakers-education-tax-overhaul-aims-slow-spending|title=Lawmaker's education tax overhaul aims to slow spending—VTDigger|date=January 9, 2018|website=vtdigger.org|access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref>

''[[Education Week]]'' ranked the state second{{efn|Behind New Jersey}} in high school graduation rates for 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vermont is No. 2 in grad rates|newspaper=Burlington Free Press|location=Burlington, Vermont|pages= 1A|date=June 19, 2010}}</ref>

In 2011, 91% of the population had graduated from high school compared with 85% nationally. Almost 34% have at least an [[undergraduate degree]] compared with 28% nationally.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Tina | last=Starr | title=Historically, rural areas have lost population | newspaper=[[The Chronicle (Barton, Vermont)|The Chronicle]] | location=[[Barton, Vermont]] | page= 11 | date=June 15, 2013 }}</ref>

In 2013, the ratio of pupils to teachers was the lowest in the country.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Paul | last=Lefebvre | title=Vermont has lowest student-to-teacher ratio in U.S. | newspaper=the chronicle | location=[[Barton, Vermont]] | page= 14 | date=March 13, 2013 }}</ref>

===Higher education===

{{Main|List of colleges and universities in Vermont}}
[[File:University of Vermont Old Mill.jpg|thumb|The [[University of Vermont]]'s Old Mill, the oldest campus building]]
Vermont's largest university is [[University of Vermont|The University of Vermont (UVM)]], a [[Public university|public]] [[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]] and one of the original eight [[Public Ivy|Public Ivies]]. In addition, [[Vermont State University]] and the [[Community College of Vermont]] reside within the [[Vermont State Colleges]] system. The state has several other private colleges, including [[Bennington College]], [[Champlain College]], [[Middlebury College]], [[Norwich University]], [[Saint Michael's College]], and [[Vermont Law and Graduate School]].

Research at the University of Vermont by [[George Perkins Marsh]] and the influence of Vermont-born philosopher and educator [[John Dewey]] brought about the concepts of [[Course (education)|electives]] and [[learning-by-doing]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}