There were winners and losers in the 2017 budget for education. School districts got a boost, with increases in state funding. But charter schools will see their tuition payments cut, in a move some advocates say threatens the future for some of Rhode Island’s charter schools.

For a teachers’ union perspective on the budget and the recently concluded legislative session, Rhode Island Public Radio’s Elisabeth Harrison turns to Frank Flynn, president of the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers.

Elisabeth Harrison's journalism background includes everything from behind-the-scenes work with the CBS Evening News to freelance documentary production. She joined the WRNI team in 2007 as a Morning Edition...