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http://tinyurl.com/8a4vnr5From: Guest MINDSETTER™ Dan Wall: Regents Drops Ball with Achievement First
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There is a long list of elected officials from the affected communities who oppose the Achievement First proposal and asked for a delay.16 State Reps & 6 State Senators from affected communities OPPOSED:
Representative Edith Ajello
Representative David Bennett
Representative John Carnevale
Representative Arthur Corvese
Representative John DeSimone
Representative Grace Diaz
Representative Robert Flaherty
Representative Arthur Handy
Representative Raymond Hull
Representative Robert Jacquard
Representative Charlene Lima
Representative Leo Medina
Representative Eileen Naughton
Representative Peter Palumbo
Representative Gregory Schadone
Representative Stephen Ucci
Senator Paul Jabour
Senator Harold Metts
Senator Joshua Miller
Senator Hanna Gallo
Senator Beatrice Lanzi
Senator Rhoda Perry
7 Providence City Council Members OPPOSED (vs. 3 in favor):
Councilman Bryan Principe
Councilman Luis Aponte
Councilman Davian Sanchez
Councilman Michael Correia
Councilman Kevin Jackson
Councilman Nicholas Narducci
Councilwoman Carmen Castillo
OPPOSED:
North Providence Town Council
Cranston City Council President and other members
Cranston School Committee
North Providence School Committee
Warwick School Committee
Former Providence School Board President Kathy Crain
Lobbyists like RI-CAN (created by those who founded Achievement First), RIMA, DFER, and Bill Fischer are in favor. Unfortunately, these folks have lots of money to sell their story which is, unfortunately, a half truth.
And "Ed Reform," Achievement First schools have an inconsistent academic record. None of their elementary or middle schools made AYP in 2011, and there are many many problems in their schools in NY (the first state into which AF expanded). AF has not found "what works." Sadly, we are all so desperate to believe that someone or something has that we are vulnerable to the massive lobbyist push and spin that came from the small group who are paid to support this school.
The most horrendous of Achievement First's record centers on English Language Learners (ELLs). Seems most unjust that RI-CAN, AF, RI Mayoral Academies, Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), and Bill Fischer specifically targeted this population's leaders for support, while telling them very little of their record.
In a nutshell, AF schools under-enroll and underserve ELLs by significant amounts compared to the districts from which they draw. They have very little experience with this population and, for those ELLs they have served, they've served them very POORLY and were cited as possibly braking federal law because they were treating ELLs like special ed kids.
Remember, Wall Street gamed the system to the detriment of our entire country. This small group of hedge fund managers that run the boards of 50CAN (parent org of RI-CAN) and Achievement First schools are gaming the system now with public education. What's the gain? It's in investing in facilities for these "new" schools - both renovation and rebuild - that make use of the New Markets Tax Credits, allowing the doubling of investors' monies in 7 years.
Some believe in the corporate white knight when it comes to the current ed reform agenda coming down (top-down) from Washington. I don't. Public education (through the proliferation of charter schools like Achievement First) has become a new market for Wall Street. I'm not a cynic or a conspiracy theorist -- I simply am following the money.
From: EXCLUSIVE: Financially Mismanaged Central Falls Schools Face $5.6M Deficit
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Time to draw back the curtain on this fraud. It's obvious that Gallo and Board are in cahoots. Gallo sends them the blank bill, and the Board sends her the blank check. People we are not talking about $200 from the candy sale, this is millions of TAXPAYERS dollars. Tired of the smoke and mirrors? GET RID OF GALLO AND CANO MORALES. Isn't there a term limit of board seats?? Shouldn't the state get rid of an administrator that flushed $54 million down the toilet?? Gallo has blamed everybody in the district except herself! Ask the people there and you will find schools with leaking roofs, broken bathrooms, mice in the cafeteria,windows that shake when the wind blows, no heat in the library, classes without textbooks and schools without technology. Gallo is a fraud, a liar, and guilty of malfeasance of public funds. Get rid of her and the rubber stamp board and bring in leadership that will get the job done. HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE NOW!From: Exclusive: Dumping DePetro In Morning Hurting WPRO-AM
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And, while we're on the subject, has anyone checked whether Carolyn Fox is available?From: Exclusive: Dumping DePetro In Morning Hurting WPRO-AM
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We have to face the fact that we're pretty much a one horse town when it comes to local talk radio. WHJJ, aside from Helen, falls off the table after 10 a.m. After that, for news and hot topics, its WPRO or nothing. Tiny, hampster-driven radio stations don't make it past town boundries.From: EXCLUSIVE: Financially Mismanaged Central Falls Schools Face $5.6M Deficit
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Yes they do. Bring on the vouchersFrom: NEW: Rhode Island to Recieve $172 Million from Landmark Foreclosure Settlement
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When have we seen this before? Can you say tobacco money. Can you say plug the deficit. Toss it into the black hole. Seems to me our budget problem is now solved, for the short term anyway. Or perhaps will this money have restrictions? Wasn't the tobacco money supposed to be for education on smoking? How long before the unions cry that they want it used for state pension COLAS?From: Exclusive: Dumping DePetro In Morning Hurting WPRO-AM
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Those voiceovers are annoying. Little Guy got boring very quickly. And the minute depetro starts his religious ranting on the banner or planned parenthood, I switch stations. But I do like his newsiness, which seems to be missing in the early show now.From: Exclusive: Dumping DePetro In Morning Hurting WPRO-AM
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I also listen to Helen Glover and enjoy her work. In addition I listen to WPRO daily as well. I have enjoyed listening to John Depetro as well but have noticed as of late that his show has become very different from what it once was. I am turned off by the constant voice recordings played while he talks over them. These voice recordings consist of things like the words (little guy) someones deceased animal played over and over and other things. It sound more like a circus than a talk show. I don't know what he is attempting to accomplish but once it starts, I am gone. I am in agreement that folks should get their news and discussion from more than once source. Anthony makes a very good point.From: Anti-Pension Reform Lawmakers Cash in with Unions
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Union supported democrats continue to give away money we don't have. When will the average taxpayer become a SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP? Next November, vote for republican candidates who will work for YOU. Seven decades of democrat control has put the state on the brink of insolvency. Isn't it time to try something new?From: 1 in 4 RI Renters Can’t Afford Home
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lets not forget every councilman and the mayor in providence raised property taxes last budget!From: Exclusive: Dumping DePetro In Morning Hurting WPRO-AM
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I agree fully with guy smiley. I have been listening to Helen Glover on WHJJ for years and she does an excellent job. Rhode Islanders have got to learn to change the station on their radios away from WPRO 630 AM and change their TV's away from WJAR TV 10 and see the great alternatives we have on stations like WHJJ 920 AM and WPRV 790, and on TV channels 6, 12 and 64. No other market in the US has such concentration in the ratings on two stations like WPRO 630 and WJAR 10. Change in your radio and TV selections, just like in politics, is good!From: Exclusive: Dumping DePetro In Morning Hurting WPRO-AM
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Obviously, if it was decided that the morning show format was to be changed to a new show, the slot didn't "belong" to DePetro. Derderian's one-sided article infers that Gobeil usurped DePetro out of his time slot. Were DePetro doing the job that the station expected, the morning show wouldn't have been changed. As far as I am concerned, Gobeil is the rock solid personality on the morning news show; he's intelligent, personable, sharp, and elicits great responses from the guests he schedules. Granahan regularly comes across as disinterested, confused, uninformed about the topics at hand, and resistant to verbal banter. It is obvious that Derderian’s candor in this article is duplicitous and a better accounting of perspectives is necessary in order for clarity to be communicated. As for me, I can safely say that if Gobeil is removed from the morning show, I'll go back to listening to NPR.From: EXCLUSIVE: Financially Mismanaged Central Falls Schools Face $5.6M Deficit
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The truth is simple:-Liz Legault was and is the true leader of CF
-Teachers and administrators care more than any so called leader in the the School Department, yet they get all the blame
-This district has been destroyed by fake leaders in the RI Dept of Ed
-Kids deserve better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: NEW: Cicilline Campaign Rips Doherty in E-Mail
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"Trickle down to the rest of us." Are you kidding? The dude drives a Rolls Royce. Don't play yourself off as a man of the people you self-entitled DB.If RI elects this guy, we might as well just call it a day and let us be absorbed by Massachusetts.
From: EXCLUSIVE: Financially Mismanaged Central Falls Schools Face $5.6M Deficit
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sheehan has always tried to portray himself as the leader for the taxpayers but he is a teacher and union member.lots of rhetoric from him about saving money....
laffey called him out last year at a tea party meeting.
From: Donna Perry: Days of Reckoning in the Kingdom of RI
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the once hotly debated $75 million dollar tax break that brought the “Kingdom” creators to Providence in the first place,was it a $75 million tax break or a loan guarantee???
From: NEW: Cicilline Campaign Rips Doherty in E-Mail
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Oooooh ... He noticed! He noticed!From: EXCLUSIVE: Financially Mismanaged Central Falls Schools Face $5.6M Deficit
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@Barnaby: Character assasination? Red Herring argument?Mike: When we stop voting democRAT.
Sadly, after years of buying the democRAT line that they will "take care of us, this is what we're left with. And...it's spreading fast.
To see where we're headed: Youtube: "Detroit in Ruins". Exact parallel.
From: 1 in 4 RI Renters Can’t Afford Home
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High Property Taxes = High RentFrom: 1 in 4 RI Renters Can’t Afford Home
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Haiti is a dirt poor third world country. Why? Because the government wants it that way. The party in power wouldn't have it any other way. Rhode Island is the way IT is for the same reason.From: EXCLUSIVE: Financially Mismanaged Central Falls Schools Face $5.6M Deficit
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If boundries for voting can be re-aligned in only a couple of months, dividing up Central Falls should be easy. Put all the employee's names in a hat and let the poor slobs that inherit Central Falls pick them and then decide if they want to keep them.From: Exclusive: Dumping DePetro In Morning Hurting WPRO-AM
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depetro is king....From: Exclusive: Dumping DePetro In Morning Hurting WPRO-AM
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Depetro's style doesn't fit the morning do-gooder slot. Too many interuptions and family oriented bits in the morning drive slot. He has an opinion, like it or not that draws listeners. During the moring drive, you can't be tough with too much fluff. This article doesn't mention what Depetro's ratings are for the 9 to noon slot. The most popular syndicated talk show hosts have opinions, they didn't get popular by being middle of the road fence sitters or by being liberals.Page 797 of 1362 pages « First < 795 796 797 798 799 > Last »
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