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
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
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
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
The SAT is a terrible test for measuring high school accountability.
RI switches tests in high school, making growth impossible to measure. Why do that? …
Julia SteinyMay 2, 2023
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
Improve schools at no cost to taxpayers: Ban phones
Even the U.S. Surgeon General says that phones and social media “a profound risk of…
Julia SteinyMarch 6, 2023
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
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
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