Tag: Education
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...
McKee wants Wavemaker fellowships to address state’s teacher shortage
It’s no secret Rhode Island doesn’t have enough teachers.
Which is why Gov. Daniel J. McKee wants to give student loan reimbursement to recent college...
Annenberg report: More teachers leaving Providence schools than coming in
PROVIDENCE – A new report released Wednesday by Brown University’s Annenberg Institute offers a mixed analysis of teacher retention within the state-controlled Providence Public...
Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River to close at end...
FALL RIVER – Citing declining enrollment and the Diocese of Fall River no longer having the financial resources to keep it operational, Bishop Connolly...
Teamsters Local 251 bus drivers, First Student reach new agreement, avoid...
PROVIDENCE – A new contract agreement has been reached between the local union that represents school bus drivers in the city and First Student...
R.I. Foundation awards $84M in grants in 2022, second-most in history
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation in 2022 had its second-best grantmaking year and its third-best fundraising year in the nonprofit funder’s century-plus history.
The...
Providence officials unveil plan to strengthen city’s arts, culture sector
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Art, Culture and Tourism, as well as Mayor Brett P. Smiley, formally introduced Wednesday a new cultural plan that...
Massachusetts governor budgets for free community college
BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey unveiled a proposed $55.5 billion state budget on Wednesday – a plan that increases spending by more...
URI Media Education Lab launching ‘Courageous RI’ initiative to combat disinformation,...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A new media literacy initiative that plans to help empower the community at large to build media literacy skills and be...
Where are businesses in helping city schools?
Not long after the Providence Public School District was taken over by the state in 2019 to turn around the state’s largest – and...
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