Letter from 9 RI city/town school leaders: we can’t go safely back-to-school

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Photo: Pawtucket School Department Parade of Hope Five days ago, after reviewing the plans required of them, and hearing from experts, 9 city and town school superintendents/presidents wrote a letter to Governor Gina Raimondo and Commission of the RI Dept. of Education, Dr. Angelica Infante-Green, basically saying – no, we won’t go. The letter sites…

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RI’s conundrum of how best to reopen schools

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by Richard Asinof, contributing writer, ConvergenceRI.com The conundrum of how best to reopen schools has exposed a widening gap between science, following the “facts,” and the arm-twisting art of political persuasion In my junk email folder, one of the latest daily missives, courtesy of Constant Contact, arrived on Friday night, Aug. 21, at 9:31 p.m.,…

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GriefSpeak: Empty Nests

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By: Mari Dias “After all these years, all the smiles and the tears I am on the other side, watching my kids take the ride Like me they’ll be too stubborn I know that they won’t see But All it is I want, for them is to be free Happiness and heartbreak, there will be no compromise…

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One private school is reopening – with faith and vision in their toolbox

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While public schools have been submitting their plans detailing full return to school, to hybrid, to virtual, the private schools have been humming along. We stopped to view Bishop Hendricken’s Back To School plan, which incorporates primarily back to school in-school, but also addresses other options and provisions for dealing with outbreaks or high risk…

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A Lively Experiment with Jim Hummel

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This week’s Lively Experiment features, with Jim Hummel, Executive Director of The Hummel Report, Moderator: Panel Members: Patrick Anderson, The Providence JournalAmanda Milkovits, The Boston GlobeTim White, WPRI Target 12 Investigator Program content: Governor Gina Raimondo hits the pause button on opening of public schools this fall by two weeks. The new state police hotline…

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Brown University’s “Plan for a Healthy and Safe 2020-21”

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To mitigate the pandemic’s impact, the University will allow undergraduates back for two terms in a three-term model, reduce the density of students in campus housing, offer instruction in person and remotely, and implement extensive testing, tracing and public health measures. (Both Harvard and Princeton also announced yesterday that their entire academic year will be…

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