Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: More "reform" Rhode Island style

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: More "reform" Rhode Island style

More "reform" Rhode Island style

by Mike Klonsky

"It's for the kids," say Providence officials

About 1,500 people jammed the street in front of City Hall in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday to protest last week's dismissal of the city's entire teaching force. "I thought the only insanity was in Wisconsin, not in Rhode Island," Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, told the crowd, which raised signs and banged drums... Providence officials say their