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"Zygote" By Mark Hartshorn Digital Print 37" x 25"
Defining the edges of certainty
PROVIDENCE -- With one hand on the tiller and the other on the mainsheet, the sailor tests the wind, sensing the speed of the boat and the air slipping against his face. He shifts his weight and … more
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The Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook provides a wealth of analysis and reporting about the facts behind education in Rhode Island when pinpointing the problems with resources.
Looking at the facts: Our schools may need more than "better management"
PROVIDENCE--Amid the usual gnashing of teeth and self-scourging about the quality of our public schools, the state of Rhode Island this summer has taken over the management of a second low-performing … more
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The opening pages to my grandfather's autobiography, telling his story as a Romanian immigrant to the U.S., who arrived when he was 15 in 1900.
In America, all we do is work, but for whom? And, for what?
PROVIDENCE – In what is becoming a Labor Day tradition, I am sharing some reflections about the nature of hard work, determination and lessons earned along the way. In 2017, I wrote about the … more
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The cement floor in the basement classroom of teacher Betsy Taylor at Hope High School was not properly repaired, leaving holes that she worries could become a vermin highway. Taylor described the color of paint used on cement floor as "cesspool brown."
What I found in my classroom
PROVIDENCE – The courageous voice of Betsy Taylor, Hope High School teacher, has been front and center in reporting by ConvergenceRI on the conditions in the Providence public schools. Her … more
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Womazetta Jones, right, the new Secretary of the R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services, speaking at a reception to welcome her on Thursday morning, Aug. 22, at the Rhode Island Foundation, with Neil Steinberg, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation.
It is time to have some uncomfortable conversations
PART OnePROVIDENCE – “We have to get comfortable with having uncomfortable conversations about racial equity.”That was the pronouncement made by Womazetta Jones, the new Secretary … more
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The current curriculum being used to teach English language learners in Providence high schools is Springboard, an advanced placement [AP] prep program of studies designed for accelerated classes. It is not designed for struggling students, and especially not for those acquiring a new language. It is the equivalent of using Beowulf to teach kindergarten students how to read, according to Hope High School teacher Betsy Taylor. Why is it being used? Apparently because of the need to comply with a U.S. Department of Justice consent decree against Providence to teach English language learners
Will public education in RI become a corporate commodity?
PROVIDENCE – When I stepped up at Mayor Jorge Elorza’s news conference on Friday morning, July 19, held in front of Hope High School and, in an impromptu outburst, spoke what was on my … more
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