The parents group Stop the Wait RI, which has been working to preserve the 5,800 new public charter school seats that were approved last December by the Rhode Island Board of Education, is furthering the fight.
The battle has been ongoing at the General Assembly all session. It pits a group of hundreds of primarily Black and Latino parents against a number of powerful state legislators with close ties to the teachers unions in Rhode Island.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
In a new series of mailers, the parents group calls on Senators Sandra Cano and Ryan Pearson to reverse course and support the effort to improve education for low-income children in the urban corridor.