New Superintendent of Schools in Providence Touts Grandmother’s Discipline

The new head of the failing public schools in Providence, Rhode Island says he was raised by a grandmother who had a second grade education but a "doctorate in discipline."

Harrison Peters, who has worked as a teacher, principal, and administrator, was named superintendent by the state's education commissioner, because the city's public schools are in such rough shape that they have been taken over by the state.

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Maine State Senator Wants To Exempt Textbooks From State Sales Tax

Matthew McDonald

A proposal in the Maine Legislature would offer a small way to reduce the price of school textbooks.

Maine state Senator Rebecca Millett (D-Cape Elizabeth) has proposed a bill (LD 1914) that would exempt school textbooks from state sales tax in order to make them less expensive, according to The Associated Press.

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