From the Web - Coventry, Rhode Island
Drug Policy - RI mandatory drug sentencing law repealed (sort of): The law at issue was adopted at the height of the Reagan-era war on drugs when Rhode Island, like other states, believed it was grappling with a serious social problem. Prosecutors said “heroin is out of control in Providence. ... Another Look at Performance Assessments: At the symposium I attended the day before, teachers from Coventry High School, also in Rhode Island, talked about how implementing a portfolio requirement had made teachers' work more transparent. Their work was "no longer ...