A study by Stanford University’s Caroline Hoxby released this week is creating a lot of buzz in the education world. Hoxby compared the student achievement data from kids who entered charter school lotteries in New York City and “won” admittance against the data from students who entered those same lotteries and “lost” thereby remaining in […]
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It’s the school, stupid.
Published by September 23rd, 2009 in Boston, Charter Schools, Mayoral Academies, New York, School Choice and Uncategorized. 1 CommentNewsclips: Kudos for Legislature; Big Apple; Global Competitiveness; Rhee; Obama; Wendy Kopp
Published by July 14th, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsA quick post with several recent articles about education in Rhode Island and across the country:
Voting for Students: The Providence Journal praises the General Assembly’s moves to end the ban on new charter schools and allow ‘Mayoral Academies,’ noting “… it is enormously encouraging that Rhode Island’s political leaders displayed real backbone this year in […]
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 […]
PPS Fighting Plan for New Providence School Buildings
Published by July 9th, 2007 in Uncategorized. 1 CommentThe Projo just published an article about the Providence Preservation Society’s effort to challenge Providence’s plan, advocated by Mayor Cicilline, that would spend nearly $1 billion to construct new school buildings. PPS is concerned with the preservation of historic buildings, and would prefer to see historic school buildings saved if possible. They argue […]
There’s a great article from The Woonsocket Call that talks about the recent rally organized by the Rhode Island Scholarship Alliance. The Rhode Island Corporate Scholarship Tax Credit allows large companies to make a donation to a scholarship fund in lieu of taxes. The scholarship fund then goes to help low-income children attend […]
This is a blog about education reform in Rhode Island, so I won’t trouble you with my other life as a technology entrepreneur. However, good news in my business career came today as Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Tellme, the company I co-founded with Mike McCue in 1999. The amounts were […]
Well, this is our first post here on the Best for Kids blog, “Passing Notes.” Over the next several weeks, we’ll be blogging in a “private beta” phase to get the kinks worked out. Our goal is to highlight news and events in the Ocean State and across the nation that provide context […]
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