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The most significant development since the mass firing of Providence teachers last spring is the announcement of a new reform slate that is posing a challenge to the current PTU leadership of Steve Smith & Co.  In my next post, … Continue reading →

Below is my latest writing, on the destruction of public employee pensions in Rhode Island, for Labor Notes.  If you don’t follow LN, you should.  It’s been an invaluable resource for labor activists for decades, and I am honored to … Continue reading →

It’s been exactly a year since I started this blog.  In that time, I’ve gotten almost 7,000 page views, many of them from internet searches for “achievement first” or “central falls” or “letter of apology to teacher”.  But there have … Continue reading →

A first, folks: I’m going to post an analysis of the march by another writer, that’s already been published elsewhere.  But I think this piece is so good, it deserves to be republished.  Brian Jones writing for socialistworker.org: A stand … Continue reading →

Well, not quite, and that’s why I’ve written so infrequently.  Now that we’re past exams, I intend to write more in the coming days.  My summer agenda includes: A discussion of the struggle for bilingual education–this is becoming more important … Continue reading →

So now I have decided, at the prodding of friend and comrade Brian Jones, to start a blog.  This blog is dedicated to the struggle to defend public education in Rhode Island, with a view to connecting this struggle to … Continue reading →