Information and Tools for Vermont Families
The organizations and tools listed below provide research, legal analysis, educational data, and opportunities for civic engagement on issues affecting Vermont families and schools. These resources can help parents and community members better understand education policy, evaluate school performance and spending, and participate more effectively in decisions involving their children.
Links are provided for informational purposes. Inclusion on this page does not necessarily mean that Speak Vermont endorses every position, publication, or activity of the organizations listed.
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is the world’s largest legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, parental rights, and God’s design for marriage and family.
ADF plays the long game. While culture may change, truth does not. That’s why they pursue strategic victories that will bring lasting change in law and culture—together with a coalition of courageous clients, allies, advocates, and supporters.
Courage is a Habit believes that parents instinctively know how to protect their children’s innocence. Their mission is to create actionable tools and tactics for parents so they confidently fight for their children without apology.
Defending Education is a national grassroots organization working to restore schools at all levels from activists imposing harmful agendas. Through network and coalition building, investigative reporting, litigation, and engagement, we fight indoctrination in classrooms and on campus to promote the reestablishment of a quality, non-political education for all students.
Fair For All is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to challenging threats to civil liberties from identity-based practices. They advocate for all individuals denied equal protection, free expression, and other fundamental rights, regardless of their personal background or immutable characteristics. Their work, from legal advocacy to grassroots organization, promotes a pro-human culture based on our shared values of universal equality, fairness, understanding, and common humanity.
Moms for Liberty was founded in 2021 by former school board members Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice. The organization mobilizes parents to advocate in school boards and government, emphasizing parental involvement in children’s education and opposition to policies or curricula it believes undermine students’ learning and well-being. They are dedicated to fighting for the survival of America by unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government.
Right for Vermont is a non-partisan, free-market think tank dedicated to advancing individual liberty and fiscally responsible governance in Vermont by empowering citizens and legislators with independent research and practical policy solutions.
Explore their Education Transparency Dashboard to compare school performance, spending, and staffing across public education options. Search by school name, district or supervisor union, and school year.

Schoolboards for Academic Excellence (SBAE) mission is to restore academic excellence and parental rights in the American education system by building a national network of state-based organizations and school board members dedicated to reforming policies and practices that improve student outcomes in America’s school districts.
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) is a Milwaukee-based 501(c)(3) public-interest law firm and policy organization founded in 2011 by attorney Rick Esenberg. It describes its mission as advancing the rule of law, individual liberty, constitutional government, and civil society through litigation, research, and public advocacy.







