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 CommentsFunds 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. […]
How Your Representatives Voted on Charter Schools
Published by June 25th, 2009 in Charter Schools and Legislature. 1 CommentA “Yea” vote means a vote in support of charter schools, and a “Nea” vote is against charter schools.
Rhode Island House of Representatives Charter Schools Vote FY2010
Lead ProJo Editorial: “Save These Charters”
Published by June 24th, 2009 in Charter Schools, Legislature, Mayoral Academies and Mayors. 1 CommentOn a day where many controversial issues will be debated on the Rhode Island House of Representatives Floor, many ranging into the tens of millions of dollars, it’s quite telling that the Providence Journal chose one issue to highlight for the lead editorial in today’s paper: saving $1.5 million in funding for new charter […]
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 […]
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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