Peters Settlement
The departure and settlement ends a failed episode on the effort to improve Providence Public Schools
Peters earned $225,000 a year and signed a three-year contract in January of 2020. And, by contract the state made an additional 15% annual contribution to Peters state retirement account it computes to another $33,750 per year.
The settlement provides for mutual indemnification, the lumpsum payment from the State of Rhode Island to Peters includes salary, auto payments and retirement payments.
The contract provided other financial incentives. Peters was just about 15 months through the 36-month agreement.
Providence Mayoral Candidate Gonzalo Cuervo
Gonzalo Cuervo, one of the leading candidates for Mayor of Providence, is calling for the immediate resignation of Harrison Peters as Providence Superintendent.
“By putting personal friendship and loyalty above the safety and welfare of Providence’s children, Superintendent Peters has demonstrated questionable judgment and cast a dark cloud over ongoing efforts to turn our schools around. Ultimately, our youth suffer as a result,” said Cuervo. It s time for conversations and actions that revolve around - and engage - our youth and their families, Cuervo added. We ve heard a lot from the adults in the system and not nearly enough from those impacted the most by a failing system. It s time to change that dynamic in order to bring about systemic change. Involving more community input in the hiring process for our next superintendent can ensure that our children’s best interest remains at the forefront. GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEW
Rhode Island s Council on Elementary and Secondary Education has given the green light to three new Providence charter schools.
The council issued the final approval on Wednesday to Excel Academy, Nuestro Mundo Public Charter School and Providence Preparatory Charter School, each of which will be allowed to operate for a maximum term of five years.
Excel is slated to open for the 2022-23 school year, while the latter two are set to open for the 2021-22 school year.
The approvals, given via a Zoom meeting, followed remarks from more than a dozen speakers including parents and local leaders. Those included Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, who affirmed his support for Excel in particular.
The Great Equalizer: How a constitutional right to education could save our schools
The Great Equalizer: How a constitutional right to education could save our schools
April 6, 2021
The word “education” appears in the constitutions of 185 of the 193 recognized states in the world. Of the eight countries that do not designate education as a fundamental constitutional right, all but one are subject to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which recognizes a child’s right to education. Standing alone as the one country that has not ratified this Convention is the United States. Despite having ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognizes that “everyone has the right to education,” the United States does not guarantee its citizens a constitutional right to education.
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