Pawt. School Committee Work Session, 4-26-16

PAWTUCKET SCHOOL COMMITTEE WORK SESSION Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 6:30 PM School Administration Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room 286 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860   Agenda I. Meeting will come to order a. Roll call b. Pledge of Allegiance…

Where we stand

A Reset We Need to Get Right By Randi Weingarten The day after President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December, the American Federation of Teachers convened a telephone town hall about the new law. More than…

Friedrichs defeated by the Supreme Court

This morning the Supreme Court weighed in on the Friedrichs case. It issued  a one-sentence opinion affirming by a 4-4 vote the decision of the Ninth Circuit upholding the Abood decision and our right to collect fair share fees under the First…

Smith Hill Report, 3-24-16

  March 24, 2016 Guns in Schools The hallways of the Statehouse were pack on Tuesday, March 22nd as the House Judiciary Committee heard a number of bills related to guns. RIFTHP President Frank Flynn provided written testimony in support…