Providence Journal Commentary

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453513323810{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Shipping R.I. decisions to D.C. The language of Brookings Institution scholar Bruce Katz (no relation), whom Gov. Gina Raimondo and the Rhode Island Foundation have invited into the state to offer consultation on economic development, might seem so close to some on the political right…

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Providence Journal Commentary

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1451870476602{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Calling R.I. Treasurer’s Pension Bluff Rhode Island’s pension fund (mainly covering state employees and teachers) hasn’t been doing very well at the investment market’s poker table. According to a Dec. 16 article by Katherine Gregg (“R.I. pension fund sharply lags expectations again”), the $7.63 billion…

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Providence Journal Commentary

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1451872830179{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Accountability is what works in education With the release of Rhode Island’s abysmal results on its first round of Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests, the adults who ought to be held accountable for the travesty are out in force…

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Providence Journal Commentary

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452131937087{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] State government makes Rhode Islanders’ lives less fulfilling Rhode Island is stealing our opportunity to fulfill our potential and be self-sufficient. We’re becoming increasingly dependent on subsidies from government, jobs remain scarce, and the state’s latest programs are designed to make things worse. Here’s one…

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Providence Journal Essay

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452735974507{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] How to interpret Pope Francis What’s the deal with Pope Francis? If you’re a Roman Catholic, you are obliged to believe that he’s the leader that God wants the Church to have right now. Contrary to popular misunderstanding, however, that does not mean every statement…

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Providence Journal Commentary

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453677555307{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Choice that helps R.I. students Even advocates for school choice have to admit that Rhode Island’s public school districts have a point when they complain about the financing of charter schools. Charters are new public schools funded largely with taxpayer dollars, and not only do…

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