Opinion School accountability is not punishment. Confusing the two makes matters worse. When school accountability measures lean towards the punitive, resentment and anger ensues, but not much…Julia SteinyFebruary 28, 2024
Opinion Rhode Island’s Right to Read Act’s big champion: A legislator who once struggled to read Dyslexia is a learning disorder involving difficulty identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate…Julia SteinyFebruary 8, 2024
Opinion Rhode Island needed a shove to improve the way kids are taught to read. This law is doing it. ‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham,’ a historical fiction novel set in 1963, builds middle-school reading…Julia SteinyJanuary 22, 2024
Opinion States are turning to legal mandates to change reading instruction. Here’s why. Children who learn to identify letters and sound out words are much more likely to…Julia SteinyDecember 28, 2023
Musings The day after his death The walker, the canes, the wheelchair, two oxygen machines – huge and small – the…Julia SteinyDecember 1, 2023
Opinion The reading wars are over. Who won and what now? A student manipulates phonemes by using the letter combination ‘ch’ at the beginning, middle and…Julia SteinyNovember 17, 2023
Opinion A Pawtucket school where guidance is great. Rachael Okpara is shown on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass., where she is…Julia SteinyNovember 2, 2023
Opinion The little law that could make a big difference in Rhode Island public schools One state senator’s novel idea led to new seven-day waiting period before ratifying a school…Julia SteinyOctober 13, 2023
Opinion How Rhode Island openly discriminates against certain kids PVD Prep Charter School on Harrison Street in Providence ranked #1 among middle schools in…Julia SteinySeptember 22, 2023
Opinion Why Gov. McKee’s Learn 365 RI ducks real K-12 school reform Image by Gerd AltmanImage by Gerd Altman Learn 365 can’t change the outcomes of the…Julia SteinyJune 22, 2023