Rhode Island Tag

CRT Battlefront: Rhode Island School Superintendents’ Plan To Limit Public Records Requests Runs Into Possible ACLU Roadblock

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2021 12 Comments

I recently posted about a behind-the-scenes effort by the Rhode Island School Superintendents Association (RISSA), together with unions and friendly legislators, to curtail public rights under the RI Access to Public Records Act (APRA), in reaction to voluminous public records requests filed by South Kingstown mom Nicole Solas seeking information about Critical Race and Gender teaching in school.

RI School Superintendents Group: “We all know many of our citizens live in a separate news reality with Fox, Newsmax and their ilk”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2021 76 Comments

The South Kingstown, Rhode Island, School Committee triggered a national controversy when it threatened to sue local mother Nicole Solas, who has a child enrolled in kindergarten for the fall, alleging Solas was serving too many public information requests regarding Critical Race and Gender efforts in the schools.

Rhode Island to Require Students Attend Financial Literacy Classes

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 20, 2021 10 Comments

Gov. Dan McKee signed the mandate into law, making Rhode Island the 7th state to adopt such a program....

Update: Smear of Mom Nicole Solas Was Prepared By Public Relations Firm Hired By South Kingstown (RI) School Committee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2021 68 Comments

Emily Cummiskey steps down as Chair of School Committee, blames others for smear of Nicole: "The PR firm delivered me three statements, one for social media, one for Fox news, and one to read at last Wednesday's meeting."...

South Kingstown Mom Nicole Solas: “They smear people who ask them questions, who disagree with them”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2021 25 Comments

Nicole Solas is the mother whose child is enrolled to enter kindergarten in the South Kingstown, Rhode Island, school district, and has been in the news after the School Committee threatened to sue her for filing a series of public record requests concerning Critical Race and Gender theory in public schools.

South Kingstown (RI) School Committee Votes NOT To Sue Mom Nicole Solas Who Sought CRT Records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2021 72 Comments

Nicole Solas is the mother whose child is enrolled to enter kindergarten in the South Kingstown, Rhode Island, school district.

I’m A Mom Seeking Records Of Critical Race and Gender Curriculum, Now The School Committee May Sue To Stop Me (Update)

Posted by Nicole Solas on June 01, 2021 121 Comments

I am a mother in the South Kingstown School District in Rhode Island investigating through public records requests how critical race and gender theories are integrated into lessons, school policies, and contracts. Now the School Committee is considering suing me to stop me.

Barrington (RI) United Veterans Against Critical Race Indoctrination (Online Event – May 23, 8 p.m. Eastern)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2021 4 Comments

On May 23, 2021, at 8 p.m. Eastern, the Barrington (Rhode Island) United Veterans Council (BUVC), with the financial and logistical support of the Legal Insurrection Foundation, is holding an online webinar pushing back against the surge of Critical Race Theory indoctrination locally and throughout the state, Unity Not Division: A Non-Racist Approach to Community & Education. REGISTER HERE.

Activist Teachers Fiercely Opposed My Bill to Keep Critical Race Theory Out of Schools

Posted by Patricia Morgan on April 07, 2021 23 Comments

Last week the Rhode Island House Education Committee held a hearing on H-6070, the bill I introduced as a Representative to ban the use of Critical Race Theory in our schools. Testimony was submitted by 577 Rhode Islanders. Half supported banning CRT, half opposed. The most fierce and vitriolic opposition came from teachers themselves, reflecting how deeply CRT already has penetrated education.

Brown University Reportedly Has One Surveillance Camera for Every Nine Undergrads

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 06, 2021 4 Comments

"Students don't 'agree' to being surveilled; they aren't even aware they're being surveilled! How could they possibly consent?"...

Prof Speaks Out Against the Silencing of Voices on College Campuses

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 04, 2021 1 Comment

"Today on college campuses, faculty are afraid to speak about a number of issues for fear of being verbally mobbed and denounced by angry students and faculty colleagues."...

Brown Univ. Students Vote for Slavery Reparations, But How About Making University Donate Most Of Its Endowment?

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 03, 2021 23 Comments

The students of Brown University have voted for reparations for descendants of slavery who are affiliated with the school. Based on its massive endowment, this should be an affordable virtue signal for the school. But is it really enough?

RI State Rep. Patricia Morgan: Keep Critical Race Theory Out Of Schools, “it is a step backwards for our country”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 01, 2021 15 Comments

Rhode Island House Representative Patricia Morgan filed a proposed bill that would prohibit the teaching in public schools or by entities that receive public fundings of concepts, like Critical Race Theory, that demonize or attempt to shame people based on race.

U. Rhode Island Denounces Prof For Criticizing “Trans-Sex Fantasy” That Someone Can Change Sexes

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 26, 2021 31 Comments

You don't hear much about it, but there is a growing divide between the transgender community and feminists who adhere to the idea that biology matters and that being a woman is about more than declaring it. At the University of Rhode Island, Professor Donna Hughes, who teaches women and gender studies, is now under fire for challenging the left's position on the issue.

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