Recently I was emailing with a friend and noted off-hand that Rhode Island has the fifth highest rate of private school enrollment of any state in the country (4th highest if you don’t count DC as a state). My friend asked, “Where did you get that figure?” In Rhode Island 16.7 percent of […]
Archive for May, 2009
Rhode Island: Fifth Highest Rate of Private School Enrollment
Published by May 19th, 2009 in Private Schools and School Choice. 0 CommentsRI Spends $30 Million for Kids We Don’t Educate
Published by May 19th, 2009 in Charter Schools, Funding, Legislature and Wasteful Spending. 1 CommentMany are excited about expanding the number of charter schools in Rhode Island, and worried about how to fund them. As the ProJo sums up: “Even as thousands of children languish on waiting lists to get into Rhode Island’s charter schools and desperate parents plead for more of the alternative public schools, there will not […]
A few great schools
Published by May 12th, 2009 in Charter Schools, Connecticut, Middle Schools, No Excuses and Urban Schools. 1 CommentHere are a few great schools worth checking out, if you’re not already familiar with them. All are transparent about their hugely successful results and have open door policies — so next time you are in New Haven, Harlem or Houston, be sure to visit them yourself! All are public schools, predominantly serving […]
Boston Globe Asks: Why no KIPP Expansion to Boston?
Published by May 9th, 2009 in Charter Schools, Failed Leadership, KIPP, Massachusetts, No Excuses and Urban Schools. 3 CommentsIn the Boston Globe this week, columnist Scot Lehigh with a great piece on “Schools that could blossom in Boston.”
The secrets of [these schools] success?
They set high expectations. They feature longer school days - typically 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a half day every other Saturday - and a longer school year, with […]
Cumberland Mayor Dan McKee Honored on National Stage
Published by May 9th, 2009 in Charter Schools, Great Leadership, Mayoral Academies, No Excuses and Urban Schools. 0 CommentsLast week at the National Association of Public Charter Schools annual conference, Cumberland Mayor Dan McKee was one of four to be honored as 2009’s national “Champions for Charters.” Mayor McKee put Rhode Island on the national stage when he spearheaded (with my support) the state’s first expansion in many years of what had […]
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