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STATE AND EDUCATION OFFICIALS present a grant to Warwick Schools at Oakland Beach Elementary School. The state has awarded 21 grants to local education agencies and nonprofit partners totaling $3.9 million. / COURTESY GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE

Local education partnerships receive $3.9M in ARPA-funded grants

Education 03/28/2023

WARWICK – State elected and education officials on Tuesday at Oakland Beach Elementary School announced that 21 grants totaling $3.9 million were awarded to...

THE RHODE ISLAND Foundation unveiled Friday its 2023 Policy Framework to state elected leaders in order to improve public education in the state. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

RIF unveils policy framework to improve public education

Government 03/24/2023

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...

Teamsters Local 251 bus drivers, First Student reach new agreement, avoid...

Business Services 03/08/2023

PROVIDENCE – A new contract agreement has been reached between the local union that represents school bus drivers in the city and First Student...

$332K in Multilingual Learner Success Grants awarded to 10 local educational...

Education 03/01/2023

PROVIDENCE – Ten local educational agencies received a total of $332,899 in Multilingual Learner Success Grants to support high-quality instruction and family engagement, state...

HELP WANTED: R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, pictured speaking at a Rhode Island Kids Count event in January, has asked for assistance from the business community to improve Providence’s struggling schools.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Where are businesses in helping city schools?

Education 02/03/2023

Not long after the Providence Public School District was taken over by the state in 2019 to turn around the state’s largest – and...

UNWELCOME FEELING: Erik Christiansen, Rhode Island College history professor and faculty union president, says the college has undergone changes in the last decade, not all for the better. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SCHOOL DAZE: RIC searches for identity amid severe enrollment drop

Cover Story 01/20/2023

Erik Christiansen didn’t know much about Rhode Island College when he agreed to take a job teaching history there in 2010. The Maryland native quickly...

KIDS COUNT: Racial disparities remain in R.I. education

Education 01/19/2023

PROVIDENCE – Racial and ethnic disparities still exist in various aspects in education across all grades in Rhode Island, according to Rhode Island KIDS...

GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE announced Friday that the state has received a a $4 million Preschool Development Birth Through Age Five Planning Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Administration for Children and Families to support planning and capacity-building activities for the early childhood sector. AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

State receives $4M federal grant to support early childhood sector

Education 01/06/2023

PROVIDENCE – The state has received a $4 million Preschool Development Birth Through Age Five Planning Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and...