Opinion This charter school is helping teens interested in teaching careers. Here’s why it matters. Oscar ‘Jova’ Trochez teaches English Language Arts at the Highlander Upper School in Warren. He…Julia SteinySeptember 4, 2024
Opinion How a Central Falls school is inching its way towards year-round schooling Learning loss over the summer months is an inevitable part of the traditional school year…Julia SteinyAugust 12, 2024
Opinion Chronic social isolation poisons kids’ chances of academic success Kids who don’t learn skills needed to connect with one as they grow up may…Julia SteinyMay 11, 2024
Opinion The sound of silence on charter schools in R.I. is deafening. Janie Segui Rodriguez was so frustrated with the long wait to enroll her daughter in…Julia SteinyApril 15, 2024
Opinion How Rhode Island College went to the head of the class on reading instruction Karen Ramirez graduated from Rhode Island College with a teacher certification in secondary English Language…Julia SteinyApril 3, 2024
Opinion Right to Read Act puts Rhode Island ahead of many states. With zero dollars to do the work. Reading education in Rhode Island is backed up by a bold law called the Right…Julia SteinyMarch 19, 2024
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