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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...

ROUGH PATCH: Rhode Island College nursing student Mel “Rising Dawn” Cordeiro says some frustrating experiences after transferring from the Community College of Rhode Island sometimes left her questioning if it was worth the trouble. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

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...

RIC interim president gets contract extension; search for permanent leader planned...

Education 01/05/2023

PROVIDENCE – The interim leader of Rhode Island College is staying on for another year, with plans to begin the search for a permanent...

THE PROVIDENCE CAREER and Technical Academy was one of only six schools in the Providence Public School District to show improvement in its star rating from 2019, according to R.I. Department of Education data. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ACADEMY

Are you satisfied with the pace of improvements in the state-run...

Education 12/23/2022

A state report released on Dec. 16 found that 31 of the Providence Public School District’s 40 schools have a two-star rating or lower,...

R.I. education council OKs 13 school projects totaling $331.9M

Education 12/21/2022

PROVIDENCE – Thirteen school projects in four cities and towns totaling $331.9 million were approved Tuesday by the R.I. Council on Elementary and Secondary...