News FeedNov 20, 20232 min readDitching School & ChoiceRI students missing school at record-high levels, sometimes for monthsSchool Choice is a Political Winner – Especially Among MinoritiesOur Most Vulnerable Need Education Freedom. Why do lawmakers stand in their way?PAST SCHOOL NEWSHow Rhode Island openly discriminates against certain kidsCentral Falls schools have been under state control for 32 years. Is there an end in sight?Controversial play stirs debate at Woonsocket charter schoolMassachusetts wants updated MCAS to consider student ‘experiences’‘Volatile compound’ found in Providence high school located on old factory siteLaw and OrderState agency proposes $2 million bump for Early Intervention amid long waits for RI infants and toddlersNicole Solas’ Family Canceled by Their Own PediatricianDan McKee and Angélica Infante-Green: Investing in our kids will propel RI forwardRI Policy on Transgender Students: Ed Commissioner, RIDE, Governor Mum So FarElorza: Voters demand school choice for their kids. So why aren't Democrats embracing it?Sanzi: Schools change student gender on official record without notifying parentsAdult-Teacher/Minority-Student Sex Finally Illegal In RI Nearly 40% of students at Brown University identify as LGBTQ+ Exploring the evolution of queer studies at BrownBarrington reaches settlement with teachers fired over COVID vaccine mandate How much do they make? Rhode Island municipal and school salaries in 2022 Students Opposed To Policy Outing Trans Students to Parents Dangerous child “trans” activities in Smithfield Sanzi: A bittersweet time of year Stanley Kurtz EXPOSES RI Education DeSantis Vetoes Stealth Protest-Civics Bill That Was Passed In RI Standardized Tests For Me, But Not For Thee Sens. Sandra Cano, Jonathon Acosta and Valarie J. Lawson: Universal school lunch is a longtime Senate priority Families call for special education ombudsman in Rhode Island URI seeks more state funding to fix up athletic fields Teamsters ratify contract with Rhode Island School of Design Sanzi: A bit of wisdom from two grandfathers at a baseball gamePAST PROVIDENCE HEADLINESLong COVID Initiative at Brown University addresses misinformation Pfizer Director of Research Spills Virus, Vaccine Secrets Director Freaks Out After Spilling Virus Secrets Pfizer Responds to Project Veritas’ Undercover Video No, Project Veritas Video Doesn’t Prove Pfizer Is Mutating Covid-19 New ‘concerning’ gonorrhea strain detected in MassachusettsMayor Brett Smiley discusses Brown payments, housing, public safety at campus talk Providence self-storage is booming. Some leaders want to ban it Think more deeply about self-storage bans. Mayor Smiley and Chief Perez have new strategy to get ATVs off streets Providence wants to tax nonprofits renting to businesses. How would they do it? Why has the public been left out of Providence's comprehensive plan Ethics Commission to investigate former chief of staff over Cumberland property Brett Smiley fined by Ethics Commission over solicitation of campaign donations Brett Smiley just raised big money in the race for Providence Smiley returns some campaign donations tied to state contractors, defends others Smiley refunds another $3,500 of campaign donations tied to state vendors
RI students missing school at record-high levels, sometimes for monthsSchool Choice is a Political Winner – Especially Among MinoritiesOur Most Vulnerable Need Education Freedom. Why do lawmakers stand in their way?PAST SCHOOL NEWSHow Rhode Island openly discriminates against certain kidsCentral Falls schools have been under state control for 32 years. Is there an end in sight?Controversial play stirs debate at Woonsocket charter schoolMassachusetts wants updated MCAS to consider student ‘experiences’‘Volatile compound’ found in Providence high school located on old factory siteLaw and OrderState agency proposes $2 million bump for Early Intervention amid long waits for RI infants and toddlersNicole Solas’ Family Canceled by Their Own PediatricianDan McKee and Angélica Infante-Green: Investing in our kids will propel RI forwardRI Policy on Transgender Students: Ed Commissioner, RIDE, Governor Mum So FarElorza: Voters demand school choice for their kids. So why aren't Democrats embracing it?Sanzi: Schools change student gender on official record without notifying parentsAdult-Teacher/Minority-Student Sex Finally Illegal In RI Nearly 40% of students at Brown University identify as LGBTQ+ Exploring the evolution of queer studies at BrownBarrington reaches settlement with teachers fired over COVID vaccine mandate How much do they make? Rhode Island municipal and school salaries in 2022 Students Opposed To Policy Outing Trans Students to Parents Dangerous child “trans” activities in Smithfield Sanzi: A bittersweet time of year Stanley Kurtz EXPOSES RI Education DeSantis Vetoes Stealth Protest-Civics Bill That Was Passed In RI Standardized Tests For Me, But Not For Thee Sens. Sandra Cano, Jonathon Acosta and Valarie J. Lawson: Universal school lunch is a longtime Senate priority Families call for special education ombudsman in Rhode Island URI seeks more state funding to fix up athletic fields Teamsters ratify contract with Rhode Island School of Design Sanzi: A bit of wisdom from two grandfathers at a baseball gamePAST PROVIDENCE HEADLINESLong COVID Initiative at Brown University addresses misinformation Pfizer Director of Research Spills Virus, Vaccine Secrets Director Freaks Out After Spilling Virus Secrets Pfizer Responds to Project Veritas’ Undercover Video No, Project Veritas Video Doesn’t Prove Pfizer Is Mutating Covid-19 New ‘concerning’ gonorrhea strain detected in MassachusettsMayor Brett Smiley discusses Brown payments, housing, public safety at campus talk Providence self-storage is booming. Some leaders want to ban it Think more deeply about self-storage bans. Mayor Smiley and Chief Perez have new strategy to get ATVs off streets Providence wants to tax nonprofits renting to businesses. How would they do it? Why has the public been left out of Providence's comprehensive plan Ethics Commission to investigate former chief of staff over Cumberland property Brett Smiley fined by Ethics Commission over solicitation of campaign donations Brett Smiley just raised big money in the race for Providence Smiley returns some campaign donations tied to state contractors, defends others Smiley refunds another $3,500 of campaign donations tied to state vendors