News FeedOct 19, 20232 min readTest Scores Still Miserable Test Scores Show Rhode Island Students Still Not Back To Pre-Pandemic LevelsRIDE is sitting on the 2019 RICAS scores0.5% of Mount Pleasant High School students score proficient in mathRIDE Fails Again as RICAS Test Scores Continue to Alarm and DisappointThe little law that could make a big difference in Rhode Island public schoolsPAST SCHOOL NEWSThe landscape of college admissions in a post-affirmative action worldWestport school committee investigates teacher after parents report inappropriate story read in classDan McKee and Angélica Infante-Green: Investing in our kids will propel RI forwardElorza: 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
Test Scores Show Rhode Island Students Still Not Back To Pre-Pandemic LevelsRIDE is sitting on the 2019 RICAS scores0.5% of Mount Pleasant High School students score proficient in mathRIDE Fails Again as RICAS Test Scores Continue to Alarm and DisappointThe little law that could make a big difference in Rhode Island public schoolsPAST SCHOOL NEWSThe landscape of college admissions in a post-affirmative action worldWestport school committee investigates teacher after parents report inappropriate story read in classDan McKee and Angélica Infante-Green: Investing in our kids will propel RI forwardElorza: 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