First there are no leaves, then there are, and so April rolls into May - each year the same, each year a surprise.
I remember the same shock of recognition, a presentiment of immeasurable intimacy and eventual physical distance, when I saw the first series of sonograms of my daughter, still in utero: She seemed to be waving to me, her hand as tender and tremulous as a new leaf; in the next shot, she had turned away and was resolutely sucking her thumb.
For Windham Southeast Supervisory Union staff, the return to school in the fall means excitement, a surge of energy, and at least one night spent tossing and turning in anticipation of new rosters and faces. For many this fall, it will involve a new approach and an enhanced awareness...
We have read with great concern and consternation Rebecca Holcombe's memorandum on “Student Voice and Civil Debate,” addressed to superintendents, principals, independent school headmasters, and all educators in Vermont. In this memo, the secretary of education urges the aforementioned parties to foster students' ability to use their voices to...