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Barrington Tuition Idea Might Be Discriminatory

Barrington Tuition Idea Might Be Discriminatory

By Bob Plain on May 10, 2012

Not so fast, the state Department of Education tells a member of the Barrington School Committee after learning this morning that the district is considering allowing a limited number of students to attend the town’s high-performing schools if they can pay tuition to the public school system. “They’d be smart to get a legal opinion [...]

Posted in Education, Featured, Rhode Island | Tagged barrington, Education, patrick guida, Rhode Island, rican, ride, tim duffy, tuition | 6 Responses

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  • GayleGifford: The ProJo article that Bob quotes in his post today says this: “She successfully won $75 million...
  • DogDiesel: …but is this systematic or a city wide experience or is this just one anonymous blogger lashing out...
  • PinkHatLib: When you are doing something that is demonstrably harmful, you can stop doing it without finding an...
  • DogDiesel: Maybe because the teachers want to maintain the status quo of failure?
  • DogDiesel: Very confusing comment considering the critics of Gist want to maintain the status quo. It would be great...

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