Should business leaders heed R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green’s call to do more to help Providence public schools?

R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green has said she’ll be counting on new partnerships with educational institutions, businesses and government or nonprofit agencies to help turn around Providence’s beleaguered public schools.

For businesses, that could mean more of what some are already doing, such as mentoring. It could also mean contributing financially.

Infante-Green has discussed the possibility of creating an education foundation that would operate independently of the system, but which would allow contributors to donate funds for school improvement.

Should businesses look to do more to help improve the schools and better educate students? Or is that an effort best left to tax dollars and educators?

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Should business leaders heed R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green’s call to do more to help Providence public schools?