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Roger Williams and the Narragansetts, as published in 1856, 170+ years after Williams' death. (Via Wikimedia Commons)

Roger Williams Would Be… Roger Williams

By Samuel G. Howard on January 29, 2013

The political opinions collected at GoLocalProv have always been a bit of a mystery to me. A lot of it doesn’t seem to reflect the city that I know, which is a pretty nice cosmopolitan city with a number of issues. Don Roach, a Brown University grad, fine. Travis Rowley always seems to inhabit a [...]

Posted in Featured, Media, Politics | Tagged abuse of history, GoLocal Prov, politicization, Roger Williams | 2 Responses

GoLocal’s Creative Use of Statistics in Ed. Rankings

GoLocal’s Creative Use of Statistics in Ed. Rankings

By Russ Conway on April 21, 2012

Here’s a math question for you. What’s wrong with this statement from GoLocal’s latest (exclusive!) attack on public education? Rhode Island spends more per student than most other states, ranking in the top ten nationally, but it’s 32nd in the country for student achievement, according to a GoLocalProv analysis of data for all 50 states… [...]

Posted in Education, Featured | Tagged Education, GoLocal Prov, ri-can | 14 Responses

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