Finally! Students are honored in a Rhode Island election and even more strikingly, it happens despite an against-the-national-grain sweep for Democrats. As an independent who almost always votes a split ticket, I am not normally happy with such a partisan result. However, as a mother of three and a supporter of education reform, I’m elated… Continue reading The Rhode Island governor’s race a win for students and ed reform
Today I have a very special lunch date. He is half my age. He is not what people expected him to be. He is an African American young man. He has an incarcerated father. His siblings have different fathers than he. He has been expelled from high school for failing all his classes and for… Continue reading Lunch Date
As many of you are aware, Cumberland made some exciting gains worth celebrating in the most recent NECAP testing. North Cumberland Middle School and Community School were cited as schools with more than 75% of students proficient in both mathematics and reading. BF Norton and Cumberland High School were cited as schools that made significant… Continue reading Let’s Celebrate and Improve
