Demographic trends, demand for school choice are clear as daylight. Why do RI leaders look away? • Rhode Island Current

Demographic trends, demand for school choice are clear as daylight. Why do RI leaders look away? • Rhode Island Current

A crowd of mostly union supporters fills a Rhode Island State House hearing room on March 10, 2026, for a hearing by the House Committee on Education on a bill by Deputy Majority Leader Mary Duffy Messier that would prohibit the approval of new charter schools or their expansion. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)Rhode Island has yet to help its schools face two growing storms, one natural – demographic decline — and one cultural —…