He pushed for RI to take over Providence schools. Does Elorza think it was worth it?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "They've put pressure on traditional schools to keep up.
52% : "There are frankly very few reforms in education that have provided game-changing results, and charter schools have done that in some places," But how realistic is it to switch over a system of 37 schools, and what would happen to Providence's 1,800 traditional educators? Elorza answers by saying New Orleans went to virtually all charter schools after Hurricane Katrina.
47% : Elorza "did absolutely nothing for Providence public schools except to level-fund them" for eight years, says Maribeth Calabro, president of the Providence Teachers Union.
43% : "Many of the teachers from traditional schools went to work in charters.
33% : "Like, why isn't this the only thing we're talking about?" The state took over Providence public schools in November 2019, five months after a scathing report by a team of educators from Johns Hopkins University that found the beleaguered school system one of the worst in the country and where little learning was taking place.

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