Wavell Cowan: Two ideas to enhance schools

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Wavell Cowan, of Montpelier, a research scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, businessman, social activist, and author.
The government’s piecemeal/Band-Aid approach to educational “reform” is now looking at a state negotiated, statewide health insurance contract for teachers. A more fundamental approach is suggested in an essay I wrote some 12 years ago, based on six years’ experience on a Vermont school board. It was titled “