Turnarounds, Unions and (the other) Tom Brady
From Rhode Island’s intervention protocol, under restart option:
“Education Management Organization (EMO) – An EMO is a for-profit or non-profit organization that provides whole-school operation services to an LEA. Examples of an EMO include, but are not limited to: (a) a regional collaborative organized pursuant to RIGL Chapter 16-3.1; and (b) the creation of a joint Management/Labor Compact detailing reciprocal obligations that create a new management structure with shared decision-making…”
Rhode Island is the only state with this unique twist to restart. And its capitol, Providence, has taken it, skirting the more popular turnaround and transformation options in favor of a restart plan that will be led by the newly formed joint union-district EMO called United Providence or UP!. Leading this union-district collaboration are