September 14, 2009
What does the word “education” mean to us? Does it refer to the state’s power to shape the minds and attitudes of citizens to provide human capital for economic and political purposes? Or is education, instead, an intimate human encounter between caring elders and young people with their own aspirations and potentials?
December 18, 2013
By Susan Ohanian Recent statements by Vermont Education Secretary Armando Vilaseca contradict teacher testimony to the Vermont State Board of Education. In a letter to the […]
January 27, 2014
Civilization in crisis I doubt if readers of this article need to be told that civilization is in crisis. But in the interest of setting our […]
February 17, 2014
As a Waitsfield citizen, parent and school board member for more than a decade now, I am writing in support of preserving our annual Vermont town […]
February 17, 2014
Remember that flurry of news reports in December 2013 about a middle school with a zero tolerance weapons policy suspending two fifth grade boys, one for […]
March 10, 2014
The front page lead for The Burlington Free Press on February 22, “Small Schools, Big Bills,” was quite the attention grabber, but the article that followed […]
March 27, 2014
Cold penetrates my neck, creeps down my backbone, seeps into my limbs…cold…I am cold…my arms …fingers…toes. Thirty days of below zero weather since December, not counting […]
April 11, 2014
As 21st century Vermonters continue to explore independence for our once and future republic, it behooves us to remember and dialogue with other independence movements […]
April 15, 2014
The public testimony regarding H.883, which mandates sweeping statewide school governance consolidation, brought home the gravity of our situation. Two hours was a long time to […]
April 22, 2014
I was recently able to speak with Bernie Sanders in a small venue and to hear my fellow community members voice their comments and concerns. I […]
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