Following is an op-ed by Vermont-NEA President Martha Allen   Instead of renewing calls to work with the state’s educators to make our schools even better for our children, the Vermont School Boards Association over the weekend chose to attack the men and women in Vermont’s classrooms. After many, many years of state level collaboration between teachers and school boards, their statewide association now seems to think that their fellow Vermonters who teach

Yesterday (October 16), Gov. Peter Shumlin expressed his desire to make teacher strikes illegal in Vermont. The Democrat (and head of the Democratic Governors Association) sure picked a terrible time to talk about the issue while more than 200 of our brothers and sisters walk the picket line in South Burlington's first-ever teachers strike.  Here is our response to the governor's ill-timed pronouncements on the issue: While our members are exercising their

Vermont-NEA's Suggestions for DCF Improvement Last month, we asked for your opinions on your interactions with the Department for Children and Families. We heard from many of you. And while your experiences varied, a common theme emerged. “Our members are the eyes and ears that bring to light the lion’s share of suspected abuse and neglect,” Vermont-NEA Executive Director Joel Cook wrote in comments submitted to the Vermont Legislative Committee on