Rhode Island voters elected several progressive candidates to the legislature.
Most startling was that a public school teacher in Providence beat the House Majority leader!
The votes were close, but a victory is a victory.
Rhode Island is a small but important state. In 2010, Central Falls fired every employee in the high school, with the support of the State Superintendent Deborah Gist (now superintendent in Tulsa). Rhode Island win a Race to the Top grant. The Governor supports corporate reform.
Bernie’s movement just notched some wins.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Berniecrats won 238 out of 379 races for a 62,8% win according t “IN THESE TIMES”.. We MUST NOT give up the fight.
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Bernie!
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More public school teachers need to run for office. They are just about the only people in this country who have the motivation and knowledge to save public schools from the reformers and privatizers.
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