RIF unveils policy framework to improve public education
PROVIDENCE – Adjusting the state’s funding formula to offer schools more money for low-income and multilingual students, creating a state fund to pay for...
PC hires English as new men’s basketball coach
PROVIDENCE – Goodbye, Ed Cooley. Hello, Kim English.
Providence College on Thursday confirmed that it has hired English as the next head coach of the...
Union employees at RISD go on strike
PROVIDENCE – More than 60 union employees at the Rhode Island School of Design walked off the job Thursday morning, with some picketing outside...
Bill allowing retired educators to substitute longer awaits McKee’s signature
PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly has passed legislation that would temporarily suspend the limit on the number of days retired public school teachers and...
Washington Trust annual Peanut Butter Drive comes at crucial time
WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. has kicked off its annual Peanut Butter Drive, the 23rd year for an event that benefits the Rhode Island Community...
ACLU of R.I. report outlines ‘alarming’ suspension rates among K-5 students
PROVIDENCE – A new report released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. outlines a significant amount of school suspensions...
Brown Medicine’s Kashmanian named Career Achiever in PBN’s 2023 C-Suite Awards program
PROVIDENCE – Ann M. Kashmanian, CEO of Brown Medicine, has been named the 2023 Career Achiever for Providence Business News’ annual C-Suite Awards program.
Kashmanian,...
Five Questions With: Rachel Miller
Rachel Miller | President, Providence City Council
1. You identify as a queer woman and are the first LGBTQ council president in city history. What...
The cautionary tale of ‘Dilbert’ and his creator
Dilbert, the put-upon chronicler of office life, has been given the pink slip.
On Feb. 26, Andrews McMeel Universal announced that it would no longer...
Clausius-Parks: KIDS COUNT will continue advocating for improving children’s lives
PAIGE CLAUSIUS-PARKS, who had been Rhode Island KIDS COUNT’s senior policy analyst, was recently appointed as the Providence-based child advocacy nonprofit’s new executive director....
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