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Negotiating Teacher Contracts

Tuesday, 11/08/11 Noon and 7pm

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A teachers' strike in the Orleans Central Supervisory Union School in 2005 forced Lake Region Union High School in Barton to close for three days.
The nine-day Bennington teachers strike ended a week ago, making it one of the longest teacher strikes in Vermont history. But when school boards and teachers sit down to negotiate teacher contracts, the possibility of negotiations ending in a strike is rare.

We look at the financial and education issues at the center of teacher contracts, and why some contract talks can lead to an impasse. We discuss these issues with Vermont School Boards Association Executive Director Stephen Dale and VTNEA President Martha Allen.

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Also in the program, an interview with Charlotte resident Barrie Dunsmore about his new book, "There and Back, Commentary by a Former Foreign Correspondent." Dunsmore's book draws on his three decades as reporter for ABC news.  It's a compilation of his commentaries for VPR and elsewhere.

 

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Observations Of A Foreign Correspondent

Former ABC News reporter and Charlotte resident, Barrie Dunsmore, talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about his new book, "There and Back: Commentary by a Former Foreign Correspondent."

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