Progress Report: Brendan Doherty’s ‘Mostly False’ Grade; Higher Ed Access for Foster Kids; NK Firefighters
Yesterday we wrote that David Cicilline would try to make the CD1 campaign about policy issues while challenger Brendan Doherty would try to avoid any discussion of policy and instead smear his opponent by painting him as being untrustworthy. But on Brendan’s very first attempt at this the Projo Politifact team gives him a “mostly [...]
Progress Report: Spending on State House Races; RI Has a Budget Surplus; Verizon Saves Your Texts, Henry Thoreau
One has to like not only the name, but also the motivation, of a group backing progressive candidates for State House seats. According to WPRI’s Ted Nesi: “People for Rhode Island’s Future spent $26,500 this week to support six pro-gay-marriage candidates (David Gorman, Gene Dyszlewski, Lewis Pryeor, Adam Satchell, Laura Pisaturo and Roberto DaSilva) and [...]
Butke’s Campaign Puts Focus on Education ‘Reform’
Maryellen Butke’s campaign for state Senate will raise an interesting debate about the relationship, or lack thereof, between the so-called education reform movement and the progressive movement. While in name they may sound like close cousins, in practice they are often not. Education reformers (or deformers, if you don’t like what they do) often push [...]
GoLocal’s Creative Use of Statistics in Ed. Rankings
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… [...]
Charter School Takes Issue with RI-CAN Report Cards
Not everyone is thrilled with RI-CAN’s new report cards on Rhode Island public schools. Most notably, The Learning Community, a Central Falls charter school that serves students from there, Providence and Pawtucket. “RI-CAN talks about putting kids and parents first, but their report card system seems to be primarily a public relations tool, not a [...]
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