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,” […]
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NEARI’s Purtill Resorts to Personal Attacks
Published by July 11th, 2008 in Charter Schools, Failed Leadership, Legislature, Mayoral Academies, Mayors, NEARI and School Day. 1 Comment10 News Conference on Charter Schools, and Length of School Day
Published by July 11th, 2008 in Charter Schools, Mayoral Academies, NEARI and School Day. 2 CommentsI 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 […]
KIPP Report Card: Off the Charts
Published by April 21st, 2008 in Charter Schools, Great Leadership, KIPP, Middle Schools, No Excuses and Urban Schools. 0 CommentsI don’t get to post to this blog nearly as often as I used to before joining the Board of Regents. Much of the time I would otherwise spend blogging is instead directed to working with fellow Regents and other Rhode Island education reformers to make change happen.
Today I had the opportunity of […]
Providence School Dept. Has no Organizational Chart?
Published by January 11th, 2008 in Failed Leadership, Mayors, Providence, Urban Schools and Wasteful Spending. 0 CommentsThe ProJo has an article this week citing the Providence Public School Department’s failure to provide the city council with a copy of fairly basic documents that nearly any business would have: an organizational chart, job descriptions and salary data. Quoting the article:
Igliozzi said he sent two letters to School Supt. Donnie Evans, one […]
New Jersey’s Private/Public Path to Universal Preschool
Published by January 11th, 2008 in Early Childhood, School Choice and Urban Schools. 0 CommentsMy friend Whitney made me aware today of a great article from the New Jersey Star Ledger concerning New Jersey’s hugely successful program for preschool, which sends low-income kids to preschool at both public and private schools. Rhode Island is one of only 12 states without a without state-funded prekindergarten program, and with the […]
Your blogger has been missing in action here for some time, and for that I apologize. Since being appointed to the Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education last year, I have found my juggling act of time between professional responsibilities at Tellme/Microsoft, my commitment on the Board of Regents, as […]
Democrats for Education Reform Coming to Boston
Published by November 28th, 2007 in Charter Schools, Great Leadership, Legislature and Mayors. 0 CommentsMy friend Joe Williams, Executive Director of Democrats for Education Reform and author of the EXCELLENT book “Cheating our Kids,” recently wrote to remind me that he is coming to Boston to speak on a panel titled: “Why Democrats Support Charter Schools,” to take place Tuesday, December 11 from 9:00 - 11:00 am. The […]
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