By Raising Black Lives Matter Flag, Montpelier High School Rightly Shines Light on Systemic Racism President of state’s largest union honors work of students, faculty in addressing implicit bias MONTPELIER – The Montpelier School Board’s unanimous approval of a student-led effort to hoist a Black Lives Matter flag for the month of February is an important step in acknowledging the systemic racism experienced by students of color, according to the president of

  Governor Scott’s Latest Ratio Scheme Hits Students Harder and Leads to More Than 4,000 Lost Jobs Economic analysis predicts massive cuts that will shortchange generations of Vermont students MONTPELIER – As the governor prepares to deliver his annual budget address, his proposal to enforce an arbitrary student-to-staff ratio will lead to massive cuts that will shortchange students and lead to the loss of 4,100 middle class jobs, according to an analysis prepared

September 14, 2017 Board Mischaracterizes State of Bargaining With Burlington’s Teachers BEA President debunks board chair’s characterization of failed talks BURLINGTON – The president of the city’s teachers’ union today pushed back strongly against the school board chairman’s characterization of yesterday’s bargaining session. “The assertion that we were ever in agreement on economic issues is absurd on its face,” said Fran Brock, a Burlington High School history teacher who serves as president of the