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Providence City Plan Commission approves Brown University’s proposed master plan

PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Plan Commission Tuesday night approved Brown University’s proposed Institutional Master Plan. The university updates its master plan every five years...

WalletHub: R.I. ranks 43rd in ‘teacher friendliness’

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was ranked 43rd in an analysis of "teacher friendliness,"  according to a new study from WalletHub.  Researchers for the personal-finance website...
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE was ranked No. 1 for a fourth consecutive year in the Regional Universities Nort category in the U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Colleges rankings. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Brown ranked No. 9 nationally in U.S. News’ annual Best Colleges report; PC remains...

PROVIDENCE – Brown University continues to climb in the rankings as being among the best colleges and universities across the U.S., while Providence College...

Rhode Island Foundation selects 38 people for Equity Leadership Initiative

PROVIDENCE – Thirty-eight individuals who represent the public, private and nonprofit sectors have been selected by the Rhode Island Foundation to participate in the...

Reilly named new Trinity Rep board chair

KIBBE REILLY, president of Providence-based consulting firm Reilly Consulting Associates Inc., has been elected as Trinity Repertory Company’s new board of trustees chairperson. She...
THE GREAT OUTDOORS: Norwood Elementary School in Warwick is one of dozens of Rhode Island schools that will get schoolyard habitat classrooms under the Learning Inside Out Outdoor Classroom initiative. 
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These classrooms will turn lessons inside out

Norwood Elementary School in Warwick is going to be undergoing a classroom expansion of sorts over the next year, but it won’t have much...
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Five Questions With: Ernie Almonte

1. How would you grade the Gov. Daniel J. McKee administration and the General Assembly’s performance in addressing the league’s concerns? To support municipalities and...
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Ron Fasano Jr. is the third generation of the Fasano family to work at the Fasano Corp. machine shop in Cranston, which was founded by his grandfather in 1972.
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Meet the Makers: At Fasano Corp., they’re sweating the small stuff

(Editor’s note: This is the 13th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
SIGNED ON THE LINE: Newport Mayor Xaykham “Xay” Khamsyvoravong, seated at right, ceremonially agrees in April to participate in Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s Learn365RI out-of-school learning initiative. McKee is sitting at left. R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green stands between McKee and Khamsyvoravong. The signing took place at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County. 
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Some doubt lingers over Learn365RI initiative

In Newport, Mayor Xaykham “Xay” Khamsyvoravong sees all the ingredients for student success – not just within the school system and among students but...
THE PAYOFF: Jennifer Magaw can relate to the confusion many people with student loans are feeling about the on-again, off-again plans for loan forgiveness. For a long time, she felt anxiety about more than $100,000 in debt she had after finishing law school.  
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Confusion reigns over status of student loans

Jennifer Magaw graduated from law school in 2012, but she continued comparing notes with her peers for several years afterward. Her notes weren’t about classes....
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