R.I. second in nation in locally paid education
Rhode Island’s growing reliance on local property taxes to pay for public schooling over the last decade has earned the state a dubious distinction....
City could attract researchers
This could be the year that Providence realizes its strengths in businesses that are part of the “knowledge-based” economy and attracts more researchers and...
Brown to waive costs for lower-income students
PROVIDENCE – Brown University is eliminating tuition for students whose parents earn less than $60,000 following decisions by fellow Ivy League universities to boost...
University gives funds for local library expansion
Roger Williams University has donated $75,000 to the Rogers Free Library, in downtown Bristol. The gift to the town of Bristol, which operates the...
Education spurs genius spark
An anthropologist was doing research on a small island in the South Pacific. He’d become quite friendly with the medicine man from one of...
Teachers’ unions say angst over pink slips overblown
When Rosa Quiñonez Crowley received her layoff notice a few weeks ago it was her fifth pink slip in six years of teaching, but...
Student startups impress investors
Josh Bonnenberg recently launched a startup company that manufactures satchels for bicyclists, and now his mind is swimming with ideas on improving the business.
The...
End the charade of mass layoff notices
Rosa Quiñonez Crowley has been around the proverbial block when it comes to local education. The Woonsocket High School Spanish teacher understands why unions...
Providence Equity gets FTC go-ahead to buy ATI
WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission has approved Providence Equity Partners Inc.’s planned acquisition of nursing testing and education company Assessment Technologies Institute LLC,...
Communications is key to sustainability, speaker says
PROVIDENCE – To Robert Hildreth, the sustainability movement has to move beyond just the environment in order to maintain its momentum. It has to...
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