MusingsUncategorized How Rhode Island openly discriminates against certain kids Charter schools perform comparatively well to public school districts, so why are they being punished…Julia SteinySeptember 22, 2023
Opinion Why Gov. McKee’s Learn 365 RI ducks real K-12 school reform Learn 365 can’t change the outcomes of the stated goals. It’s a shiny distraction. Image…Julia SteinyJune 22, 2023
Opinion The SAT is a terrible test for measuring high school accountability. RI's zigzagging school measurement system yields unintended consequences and little valuable information. Beginning in 2006,…Julia SteinyMay 2, 2023
Opinion Charter school website is a huge step forward. Now for the bad news. Major kudos to the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) for putting all the public…Julia SteinyMarch 21, 2023
Opinion Improve schools at no cost to taxpayers: Ban phones According to research, the human brain cannot focus on two things at once. All thinking…Julia SteinyMarch 6, 2023
Opinion Tackle the underlying disease of RI’s education quality The RI Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) has boldly gone where politicians rarely dare to go. …Julia SteinyDecember 16, 2022
Uncategorized Empowered leader can help RI takeover of schools succeed. State takeovers don’t work. Researchers at Brown University’s Annenberg Institute examined takeovers starting in the…Julia SteinySeptember 29, 2022
Opinion Providence schools are structured to fail. In June 2019, a team from Johns Hopkins issued a stinging report on the Providence…Julia SteinyApril 14, 2022
Uncategorized We’re not teaching most kids to read. Date: March 22, 2022 As schools wrestle with finding some semblance of normal, remember that…Julia SteinyMarch 25, 2022
Opinion House bill further undermines public-school choice The House of Representatives passed H-6021, a bill professing “to level the playing field” between…Julia SteinyJuly 1, 2021