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 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 […]
Summary of House Finance Committee Cuts to Education Reform
Published by June 22nd, 2009 in Charter Schools, Early Childhood, Federal Government, Funding, Legislature, Mayoral Academies, Mayors, Merit Pay, Obama and Teacher Effectiveness. 1 CommentHere is a summary of the differences between the Governor’s proposed budget, and the version of the budget passed by the House Finance Committee. The changes impacting cuts to education appear on page 19-22.
Among other things, cuts include eliminating a proposed $0.7 million in funding for a pre-school / early childhood pilot program; […]
Should Rhode Island Heed Obama’s Call to Eliminate Cap on Charters?
Published by June 11th, 2009 in Charter Schools, Funding, Legislature and Wasteful Spending. 3 CommentsIn the wake of President Obama’s administration calling for an end to state caps on charter schools, several have written to ask my opinions on ending Rhode Island’s cap. Our cap stands at 20 schools, and today we are under that limit with 11 charter schools operating and perhaps 13 operating by this fall. […]
Expansion of Charter Sector in RI Cited for Race to the Top
Published by June 9th, 2009 in Federal Government, Funding, Great Leadership, Legislature, Mayoral Academies and Obama. 2 CommentsTom Vander Ark, former Executive Director of the Gates Foundation, singles out Rhode Island Mayoral Academies for putting Rhode Island on the national map as one of four states he thinks should be the focus of the Obama administration’s “Race to the Top” innovation funds for education reform!
RI 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 […]
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