Vermont schools have been undergoing a major shift in recent years toward proficiency-based learning. Now Vermont’s high school class of 2020 is sending off transcripts and grades based on this new system. We're talking with educators about grading under Vermont's proficiency-based system. And how schools make these student assessment work not only for college admissions, but for scholarship applications, military enlistments and employers.

Gov. Phil Scott delivered his 2020 budget address to lawmakers Tuesday. We're diving into the details of those proposals with a roundtable of Vermont political reporters.

Vermont's annual Point-in-Time count takes place this week, surveying the state's homeless population over a 24-hour period between Wednesday, January 22 and Thursday, January 23. Last year's count reported a decline in homelessness in the state. But shelters remain in high demand. On this episode of Vermont Edition : a look at homelessness in Vermont. We talk trends and consider what's being done to make affordable housing a reality for more people.

Vermont has a lot of Dollar Generals. Thirty-seven to be exact. And Danielle Drogalis of Swanton wanted to know why.

On the first day of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Vermont Edition spoke with Sen. Patrick Leahy for his take on the trial, and a sense of the Senate on the historic day.

U.S.-Iran relations have been tense for years, but tensions only tightened after an American drone strike killed a top Iranian commander earlier this month. For Iranian-Americans in Vermont, the conflict affects not only their lives, but the lives of family members both here and abroad. We're talking to a Vermonter with Iranian roots about his experiences and insight into US-Iran relations.

The Democratic presidential race is in high gear, with the Iowa caucuses less than three weeks away. Sen. Bernie Sanders has made "Medicare For All" a major issue and is seeing strong support in both Iowa and New Hampshire. Vermont Edition hosts a roundtable of political analysts to take a close look at the Democratic race.

The U.S. House officially voted to send articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate Wednesday, and an impeachment trial could begin as early as Tuesday. But you might be forgiven if you forgot this all started back in August with a whistleblower's complaint about a phone call between Trump and Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The complaint was major news, but speaking out against government impropriety isn't new in American politics.

In his State of the State address, Gov. Phil Scott outlined his 2020 legislative agenda, including a proposal to make K-12 after-school programming more accessible to Vermonters. On this Vermont Edition : universal after-school. We dive into the research, and consider what it would take to make Governor Scott's proposal a reality for Vermont.

Middlebury College is expanding its language school offerings this summer with a pilot School of Abenaki. The two-week-long immersion program will be taught by Jesse Bowman Bruchac, a member of the Nulhegan Abenaki and a teacher of the Abenaki language for more than 25 years.