1-on-1: Meet Vermont’s new secretary of education [Video]

APPOINTED A NEW LEADER FOR THE VERMONT EDUCATION AGENCY, CHOOSING FROM A LIST OF NAMES PROVIDED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. ZOEY SAUNDERS IS MOVING FROM FLORIDA. SHE HAS A SISTER AND AN AUNT IN VERMONT AND HAS BEEN VISITING FOR YEARS. SHE STARTS APRIL 15TH. SAUNDERS MOST RECENTLY WORKED IN INNOVATION FOR BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SERVING MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING IN THE AVIATION FIELD. SHE ALSO ADDRESSED COVID 19 LEARNING LOSS AND EFFORTS TO IMPROVE. OUTCOMES FOR KIDS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. BEFORE THAT, SAUNDERS WAS A STRATEGIST FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS USA, ALSO BASED IN FLORIDA. WE STARTED OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE INCOMING EDUCATION SECRETARY BY ASKING WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION MEANS TO HER. PUBLIC EDUCATION IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD IS ABLE TO REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. I REALLY BELIEVE STRONGLY IN THE POWER OF EDUCATION TO …