On Sunday, Angus appeared on Channel 12 WPRI (local CBS affiliate) Sunday morning news program, “Newsmakers” to discuss education reform, charter schools and the federal “Race to the Top” program in Rhode Island.
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Angus Davis on Newsmakers to Discuss Education Reform
Published by July 2nd, 2009 in Charter Schools, Federal Government, Funding, Legislature, Mayoral Academies and Race to the Top. 0 CommentsSecretary Duncan Challenges Teacher Union to “Think Differently”
Published by July 2nd, 2009 in Federal Government, Great Leadership, Merit Pay, NCLB, NEARI, Obama, Race to the Top, Teacher Effectiveness and Teacher Quality. 2 CommentsIn a speech today to the NEA, the nation’s largest teacher’s union, Secretary Duncan challenged teacher unions to “think differently.” A full transcript of Secretary Duncan’s prepared remarks to the NEA is available, and a video will be posted here when it becomes available. Some choice excerpts leave little question that this is […]
Funds Restored for New Charter Schools
Published by June 25th, 2009 in Charter Schools, Federal Government, Great Leadership, Legislature, Mayoral Academies, Mayors, Obama and Race to the Top. 1 CommentAt 1:38 am this morning, the Rhode Island House of Representatives passed a budget article that restored funding for new charter schools as its last order of business for the night. After a heated debate, the measure to restore $1.5 million in funding for two new charter schools passed on a 47-26 vote. […]
Rhode Island in National Spotlight
Published by June 24th, 2009 in Charter Schools, Federal Government, Great Leadership, Legislature, Mayoral Academies and Obama. 1 CommentYesterday, readers in communities across the nation opened their local paper or logged on to their local news Web site to read about the fight for new charter schools in Rhode Island.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan chose to speak about Rhode Island in his interview with AP reporter Libby Quaid, after he spoke out for […]
U.S. to R.I.: Finance charter schools
Published by June 22nd, 2009 in Charter Schools, Federal Government, Great Leadership, Legislature, Mayoral Academies and Obama. 1 CommentHeadline says it all, in today’s Providence Journal:
PROVIDENCE — Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in Washington on Monday that Rhode Island may be putting itself at “at a huge competitive disadvantage” for securing federal stimulus dollars.
The General Assembly’s proposed 2010 budget eliminates $1.5 million that Governor Carcieri wanted to spend to open two new charters […]
Secretary Duncan Speaks Out on Rhode Island Charters
Published by June 22nd, 2009 in Charter Schools, Federal Government, Funding, Great Leadership, Mayoral Academies and Obama. 2 CommentsThis morning at the national charter schools conference in Washington DC, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was asked about the situation in Rhode Island. He responded, in front of a room of thousands of people and national media:
Places like Rhode Island that are thinking about under-funding charters are obviously going to put themselves […]
Letter from Secretary Duncan to Governor Rendell
Published by June 22nd, 2009 in Charter Schools, Federal Government, Funding, Great Leadership, Legislature, Mayoral Academies, No Excuses, Obama and Race to the Top. 0 CommentsLast Thursday the US Education Department released a letter sent by Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Pennsylvania Governor Rendell. In it, Secretary Duncan warns states from using the federal stimulus money to do “nothing more than backfill budget holes.” Unfortunately, Rhode Island is poised to spend almost all our education stimulus money to plug […]
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