THE PROVIDENCE CAREER and Technical Academy was one of only six schools in the Providence Public School District to show improvement in its star rating from 2019, according to R.I. Department of Education data. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ACADEMY
A state report released on Dec. 16 found that 31 of the Providence Public School District’s 40 schools have a two-star rating or lower, on a scale of one to five stars. Only six of the schools listed in the R.I. Department of Education report saw their ratings improve from 2019. Thirty-four schools in the…
We are failing to cultivate our most valuable assets: our children. Parents should be outraged at the way RIDE is continuing to fail to provide their children with an decent education. If I were a parent with school age children (I worked hard so we could afford to send our kids to private schools for grades N -12) I would be demanding that A) heads rolls at RIDE; B) our public schools be converted to Charter Schools ASAP; C) the teachers’ union be disbanded since, apparently, the union must be part of the problem because the union has done nothing to solve the problem.
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We are failing to cultivate our most valuable assets: our children. Parents should be outraged at the way RIDE is continuing to fail to provide their children with an decent education. If I were a parent with school age children (I worked hard so we could afford to send our kids to private schools for grades N -12) I would be demanding that A) heads rolls at RIDE; B) our public schools be converted to Charter Schools ASAP; C) the teachers’ union be disbanded since, apparently, the union must be part of the problem because the union has done nothing to solve the problem.
P.S. I would vote out of office anyone who doesn’t agree with me on these points.