ssistant director Molly Rideout talks wtih artists as Assets for Artists holds a workshop in the Prow of Mass MoCA. Press photo by Sofia Taylor, courtesy of Assets 4 Artists

Learning

Here are the Hill Country Observer’s articles about learning, listed from newest to oldest. Knowledge matters at the Hill Country Observer — Public education, freedom to think and read, revel in ideas and share them — and life in our schools, from elementary to colleges.

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    Ross Gay gathers fruits of joy and sorrow in verse

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    Poet Ross Gay to read works in Bennington Ross Gay’s third and most recent book of poetry, “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude,” was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. He’ll read his works on Wednesday, May 16, at Bennington College. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing read more

    Ross Gay gathers fruits of joy and sorrow in verse
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    In teaching, a chance to learn

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    Artist finds inspiration through roles at museum, college Jenny Hutchinson works on a project last year at her studio in the Shirt Factory building in Glens Falls. Hutchinson is education director at The Hyde Collection museum but sees her real work as her art. Courtesy photo   By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. By read more

    In teaching, a chance to learn
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    Unearthing a long-lost community

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    Teacher traces history of Vermont settlement built by Mass. rebels By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer SANDGATE, Vt.   High-school students in a summer archaeological field school sift through the soil at a remote property in Sandgate, Vt., where leaders of the Shays Rebellion built an extensive community beginning in 1787. The rebels fled Massachusetts for Vermont, read more

    Unearthing a long-lost community
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    Teacher connects stories from World War II, Holocaust

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    Teacher’s living-history project puts faces to World War II, Holocaust By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HUDSON FALLS, N.Y.   Matthew Rozell, a high school history teacher in Hudson Falls, stands in front of a classroom display of newspaper front pages from the World War II era. He will retire this month after 30 years of teaching, read more

    Teacher connects stories from World War II, Holocaust
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    Tuition-free at SUNY: Will private colleges pay?

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    New state law sends N.Y. districts scrambling to halt exposure to toxin By EVAN LAWENCEContributing writer   Students walk to the dormitory built four years ago at SUNY Adirondack, whose campus in Queensbury previously served only day students. The college’s enrollment might grow under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to make public college tuition free for read more

    Tuition-free at SUNY: Will private colleges pay?
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    Education that aims to empower

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    After fire destroys would-be home, youth program changes plans By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y. When a historic former factory and warehouse building on Hudson’s waterfront was formally donated to the local youth education program Kite’s Nest in September, the organization had high hopes for redeveloping it. In addition to converting the 18,000-square-foot structure and read more

    Education that aims to empower
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    Tests find lead in schools’ water

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    New state law sends N.Y. districts scrambling to halt exposure to toxin By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer SALEM, N.Y.   Five fountains at Salem Central School were removed from service this fall after water tests revealed lead in unsafe concentrations. George Bouret photo The scene at Salem Central School has become a common one this fall read more

    Tests find lead in schools’ water
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    Looking racism in the eye

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    In new book, Williams professor confronts his roots in the Jim Crow era By JOHN SEVENContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.   Charles Dew, an American history professor at Williams College, is known for his expertise on the Civil War and the era of Reconstruction. His new memoir details his experiences growing up in the segregated South read more

    Looking racism in the eye
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    In Vt. schools, a merger mandate rankles

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    Critics say choice, local control at risk in push to cut costs By C.B. HALLContributing writer ARLINGTON, Vt.   To comply with the requirements of Act 46, Vermont’s new school-district consolidation law, the Arlington district has been discussing such options as a merger with three similar districts — Poultney, Proctor and West Rutland — that read more

    In Vt. schools, a merger mandate rankles
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    Choreographing a night of stargazing

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    Artist guides massive quilt-making project in northern Berkshires By JOHN SEVENContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.   The choreographer Emily Johnson, an artist in residence at Williams College, conducts a visioning session with students at Williamstown Elementary School in preparation for “Stargazing,” a nightlong community event planned for the spring of 2017. Courtesy photo/Maggie Thompson Some artists read more

    Choreographing a night of stargazing