Archive for July, 2008

Newsclips: Kudos for Legislature; Big Apple; Global Competitiveness; Rhee; Obama; Wendy Kopp

Published by blog July 14th, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

A quick post with several recent articles about education in Rhode Island and across the country:

Voting for Students: The Providence Journal praises the General Assembly’s moves to end the ban on new charter schools and allow ‘Mayoral Academies,’ noting “… it is enormously encouraging that Rhode Island’s political leaders displayed real backbone this year in […]

NEARI’s Purtill Resorts to Personal Attacks

Published by Angus July 11th, 2008 in Charter Schools, Failed Leadership, Legislature, Mayoral Academies, Mayors, NEARI and School Day. 1 Comment

In the wake of the recent victory for education reformers in Rhode Island, I appeared on 10 News Conference with NEARI Executive Director Bob Walsh to debate the issue on the merits.
While Mr. Walsh debated in public, however, NEARI launched personal attacks behind the scenes. NEARI publishes an official newsletter called “Newsline,” […]

10 News Conference on Charter Schools, and Length of School Day

Published by Angus July 11th, 2008 in Charter Schools, Mayoral Academies, NEARI and School Day. 2 Comments

I was appeared recently on 10 News Conference, our local version of “Meet the Press,” with NBC 10 reporters Kelley McGee and Bill Rappleye to discuss public charter schools and the recent expansion of the charter school law in Rhode Island. Joining me was Bob Walsh, Executive Director of the NEARI union, a vocal […]