You Are Welcome Here
Reassuring Immigrant Students and Families in Northwest Indiana By Jennifer Dubin Words can inspire hope or they can instill fear. Speaking at the third and final presidential debate in October 2016, Donald Trump chose fear. “We’re going to secure…
Pawt. School Committee 1-2-18
House begins Higher Education Act reauthorization process
The House education committee will begin marking up a GOP bill to reauthorize—and fundamentally undermine—the Higher Education Act. As written, the bill would make college significantly less accessible and affordable by curtailing or eliminating programs that provide access to college, student…
Pawtucket School Committee, 12-07-17
AFT-endorsed candidates won big on election night
The Nov. 7 election results were a clear and overwhelming rebuke of the fearmongering and race-baiting that embodies Trumpism, AFT President Randi Weingarten says. “It was also clear that voters understood that running as a populist is not the same…