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
Opinion 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
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 Even the U.S. Surgeon General says that phones and social media “a profound risk of…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
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
Opinion We’re not teaching most kids to read. Photo: "Children reading c.1960 'Celebrating World Book Day'" by Archives New Zealand is licensed under…Julia SteinyMarch 22, 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
Opinion What do we want a justice system to accomplish? The modern judicial system and restorative justice (RJ) both aim to support public peace and…Julia SteinySeptember 10, 2020