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Better training regime needed to fill jobs, says Workforce Board
(Updated, 4:25 p.m.) Building career pathways for the state’s high-growth industries will be a priority of the Governor’s Workforce Board from its Biennial Employment & Training Plan for fiscal years years 2014 and 2015 after the report found that there is no shortage of workers to fill positions except at the highest skilled occupational levels. more
Roger Williams narrows search for home of new Prov. location
Roger Williams University leaders have narrowed their search for a new downtown Providence branch to five locations and hope to recommend one to trustees next month, school officials said Thursday. more
Gist says technology key to improving classroom instruction
Education Commissioner Deborah Gist on Tuesday called for investment and innovation in early learning, technology, and mathematics improvement, in her fourth annual State of Education address to the General Assembly. more
RIC and Teach For America offer certificate program
Rhode Island College and Teach For America, a program that places teachers in urban and rural educational systems, are partnering to offer a teacher certificate program in elementary education that could lead to a master’s degree in education. more
Gist to undergo surgery for brain tumor
R.I. Department of Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist will undergo surgery to remove a believed benign brain tumor next month and will take an approximate two-month leave of absence for recovery, the department announced Tuesday. more
Five Questions With: Edinaldo Tebaldi
Bryant University economist discusses recently released unemployment figures for R.I. more
Panelists focus on the issues at Employers & Education Summit
In a frank discussion of the education and skills gap facing Rhode Island’s workforce, participants in the Providence Business News Employers & Education Summit laid out competing visions of the road to success. more
| 11/7/12 | 1 comment
Foreign students contributed $191M to R.I. during latest school year
During the 2011–2012 academic year, international students and their families contributed $191.2 million to the Rhode Island economy, according to a report released Monday by NAFSA: Association of International Educators. more
| 11/12/12 | 1 comment
Central Falls schools land $10M from Gates Foundation
(Updated, 4 p.m.)The Central Falls District-Charter Collaboration Compact, at the Segue Institute for Learning, has received a $10 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Central Falls School District announced Tuesday ahead of a press conference. more
Former students pay for accepting exploitive loans
JPMorgan Chase & Co. charges Mirella Tovar as much as 10.25 percent annual interest on her student loans – a rate as high as a credit card. more
Bloomberg News | 6/11/12 | 1 comment
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