Saturday, April 5 Sheraton Hotel and Resort, South Burlington We've collected all the resources you'll need for this year's RA right here.  If you are planning to attend, please shoot Sandy Perkins at HQ a note with your name, local and phone number. If you want to stay Friday night, you can make your own reservations at the special Vermont-NEA rate of $129. Just call 865-6600 or click here.  RA edition of Vermont-NEA Today Memo outlining proposed bylaws

Raise Your Hand if You’ve Had Enough of Standardized Testing When Vermont agreed to join the Common Core State Standards movement, most educators here embraced tougher, more relevant standards. They did not embrace yet another excuse to impose a standardized testing regimen that places testing above teaching. On April 2, as part of NEA’s Day of Action for Great Public Schools, Vermont-NEA President Martha Allen announced that delegates to the RA on