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Providence Journal Blasts Governor Raimondo for Acting Like Trump | Diane Ravitch's blog

Providence Journal Blasts Governor Raimondo for Acting Like Trump | Diane Ravitch's blog

Providence Journal Blasts Governor Raimondo for Acting Like Trump



The Providence Journal published a scathing editorial about Governor Gina Raimondo’s dereliction of duty in demanding the full opening of schools next month while failing to provide sensible plans to do so.
It is titled “Rhode Island’s Education System Goes from Mediocre to Just Plain Chaotic.”
Raimondo is a former venture capitalist who redesigned the state’s pension system by cutting them. She is also a “reformer” who welcomes charter schools and is a favorite of DFER. And she is chair of the Democratic Governors Association.
The editorial begins:
On June 10, Governor Gina Raimondo asserted that all students would be back in the classroom on August 31.
This was after her confusing narrative that Rhode Island was “#1 in online learning,” a claim that sends chills through frustrated parents, educators, and students who knew another reality this spring.


Raimondo nearly every day proclaims Rhode Island is #1 CONTINUE READING: Providence Journal Blasts Governor Raimondo for Acting Like Trump | Diane Ravitch's blog