Criticizing Rhode Island's Education System

In April 2006, the Joint Committee on Legislative Services let a contract to R.C. Wood & Associates (1) to conduct a series of research projects designed to develop an education finance distribution aid formula that would ultimately ensure that funds were targeted on an as needed basis and in a manner that would ensure that the special needs of all students were met in a reasonable and cost effective manner. R.C. Wood & Associates (3) developed four models accompanied by target expenditures to address varying school and district needs and to use a per pupil average expenditure of approximately $9,500. The overarching goal of the research by R.C. Wood & Associates was to ensure that greater equity would be provided to each school in a manner that would permit the state to meet the goals and objectives of, among other initiatives, the No Ch

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l private sector workers by a wide margin. Jordan ("Health Care" 2) also said that the teachers union in Rhode Island not only objects to escalating the cost of health insurance for teachers but also takes the position that school districts should not vary in terms of the cost of these benefits and should pay a greater share of them. In response, the state's Board of Regents, which also is active with the General Assembly in setting policy for Rhode Island public schools, is calling for new legislation that would ban teacher strikes and enforce a requirement that teachers maintain all of their duties including those not outlined in their contracts ("R.I. Regents" 5). Any number of key actors are therefore easy to identify in the Rhode Island battle over school standards, finance, and structures, particularly the issues of charter schools and district consolidation. David Scharfenberg (1) reported that each school district has a school committee that is augmented in policy making by city council finance committees. District administration, unionized teachers in the Rhode Island National Education Association, the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals, the American Federation of Teachers, the General A
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