Government
Suspect in Brown University killing found dead, also suspected of MIT murder(The Daily Signal) â The suspect in last weekendâs fatal shooting at Brown University has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a storage unit he rented in Salem,… Read More
Public Education
Conservative student leader Ella Cook revealed as one of deaths in Brown shooting(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Brown University College Republicans Vice President Ella Cook, 19, was one of the two victims killed in the Saturday shooting at the Ivy League school,… Read More
Public Education
Brown University shooting victim IDâd; person of interest releasedâ (The Center Square) â  Authorities are continuing to search for a lone gunman who killed two Brown University students, including the 19-year-old vice president of the elite college’s Republican club,… Read More
Culture
Woman with more than 100 prior arrests kills Grammy-nominated musicianÂA Rhode Island woman with 102 arrests, 82 warrants and 40 traffic citations allegedly struck and killed Roderick âRoryâ MacLeod, a Grammy-nominated bassist, on Saturday. Police arrested Shannon Godbout, 41,… Read More
Public Education
9 in 10 Rhode Island school districts have policies to hide student gender information from parentsNearly 90% of Rhode Islandâs public schools would hide a studentâs transgenderism from parents, according to their written policies. Parents Defending Education (PDE) examined all of Rhode Islandâs school district… Read More
Public Education
Rhode Island district bucks state on transgender policies, urges others to do the sameOne school district is leading the fight against the trans agenda, and others may follow suit. After the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) released a plan for pro-transgender policies… Read More
Public Education
Parental rights advocate challenges ‘political indoctrination’ at Rhode Island school district(The Daily Signal) â Rhode Island mom and parental rights advocate Nicole Solas was sued by teachers unions in 2021 after she requested public information about her childâs… Read More
Public Education
Collusion: Rhode Island school district sends 8,800 pages of emails to SPLC, docs show(The Daily Signal) â When concerned mom Nicole Solas requested all emails from her Rhode Island school district to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the request turned up more than 8,000… Read More
Public Education
Rhode Island teacher says DHS âmedia literacyâ program targets conservatives as dangerous extremistsA teacher in Rhode Island is crying foul about a federal program teaching students to report those who express conservative ideas as potential âextremists.â The âmedia literacyâ program by the… Read More
Public Education
‘We should never notify parents on these issues,’ school board member says of student gender status, citing suicide riskA Rhode Island school district’s newest board member, an appointee, says parents shouldnât be notified about most issues, especially childrenâs status in transgender cases. âNot all parents should be… Read More
Public Education
41 students arrested at Brown University following anti-Israel campus protest ÂOfficers arrested 41 students at Brown University after students broke school policies by refusing to leave the University Hall in an anti-Israel protest. âBrown University issued multiple trespass warning to… Read More
Public Education
Book banning? Rhode Island school district trained teachers to âpurgeâ music library of âdiscriminatoryâ contentA school district in Rhode Island has been caught training its teachers to âdecolonizeâ the music room. The training from 2020 only came to light recently, thanks to parental rights… Read More
Public Education
Rhode Island Dept. of Ed. trains teachers to use woke, pro-LGBT tools on studentsÂA parental rights advocate blew the whistle on the Rhode Island Department of Educationâs teacher training involving an âintersectionality wheelâ that encouraged teachers to be an âLGBTQ ally.â Nicole… Read More
Government
Memo reveals how teachers’ union worked on bill to keep sexually explicit books in schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Democratic lawmakers privately negotiated with the nationâs largest teachers union to craft a bill intended to combat bans of sexually explicit books in schools, according… Read More
Public Education
Parents outraged over Amazon gift card offer to students by LGBT âfocus groupâ via Rhode Island middle school newsletterParents are furious over an apparent attempt to incentivize students to participate in an LGBT focus group by offering a $15 Amazon gift card. The offer was uncovered after parents… Read More
Courts
Rhode Island school district to allow Christian clubs after advocacy group files lawsuit(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Providence Public School District (PPSD) came to an agreement with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) Tuesday following a lawsuit after the district allegedly refused to allow… Read More
Public Education
Rhode Island bill would help special ed students left behind by public schoolsThe Rhode Island House is considering legislation to help special education students currently neglected or underserved in public schools. âIn too many cases, parents feel left out,â… Read More
Public Education
Rhode Island reaps meager return despite huge spending in public educationThe Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) released its first accountability report card, and the state commissioner struggled to put a positive spin on the results. Covering the… Read More
Culture, Public Education
School district sued for allegedly discrimination against Christian after-school club(Daily Caller) â A Rhode Island school district is the subject of a lawsuit after allegedly preventing Christian clubs from operating on its school campuses while allowing secular clubs. Providence… Read More
Public Education
Rhode Island education system needs overhauled, not more funding, says policy group(The Center Square) â One Rhode Island legislator is proposing amending the stateâs education funding formula, while one public policy group says the education system needs to be eliminated. Senate… Read More
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