Greg Hughes provided comment during the Commission's public input session on Monday 10/21 in Randolph. It's time to call the question regarding the Vermont Constitution's Compelled Support Clause...

The importance of public education to the preservation of our democracy is as important today as it was 250 years ago.

Ken Fredette and Greg Hughes continue to follow the work of the Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont. This latest update covers the Commision's work over the past month.

On July 15th, Friends of Vermont Public Education members Greg Hughes and Ken Fredette attended the first meeting of the Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont that was created as part of Act 183 (H.887) of the 2023-24 legislative session...

A new report from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, which is chaired by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, focuses on the impact of school privatization policies, such as private school vouchers, arguing they "harm public schools, fuel education segregation, largely benefit wealthy families, and provide tax breaks for the wealthy and large corporations."

Vermont is not the only state wrestling with the erosion of the separation of church and state. Recent stories from Louisiana and Oklahoma highlight that these issues are popping up in other states as well.

If you don’t know where the money is going and simply just cut your way out of this situation, you stand to impact an entire generation of folks that we want to be the future of Vermont.

Simply passing legislation that requires that public money be spent on public education would do three things: It would increase the quality of public education; it would reduce property taxes; and it would be consistent with our state’s Constitution...