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PROVIDENCE MAYOR-ELECT Brett Smiley, pictured, on Monday received a letter from Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and former mayors Joseph R. Paolino Jr. and Angel Taveras with recommendations about how to improve the city's educational structure. / COURTESY BRETT SMILEY

Elorza, former Providence mayors offer Smiley recommendations to change city’s education...

Education 11/14/2022

PROVIDENCE – Three former city mayors on Monday jointly offered Mayor-elect Brett Smiley four recommendations on how to transform education within the Providence Public...

State releases RICAS results; few students met or exceeded expectations

Education 11/04/2022

PROVIDENCE – While the percentage of students who met or exceeded expectations in the math portion of the Rhode Island Common Assessment System testing...

RIPEC: R.I.’s K-12 education system is in crisis

Education 10/13/2022

PROVIDENCE – The K-12 education system in Rhode Island is in crisis. That's the conclusion the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council made in its newly...

Hennessey Elementary School teacher wins $25K Milken Educator Award

News Story 10/05/2022

EAST PROVIDENCE – An Agnes B. Hennessey Elementary School third grade teacher received a pleasant monetary surprise, courtesy of the Milken Family Foundation. Emily Rendine...

RIPEC: State can’t rely on federal funds for future spending

Economic Activity 09/06/2022

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council says the state needs to be vigilant in avoiding spending commitments beyond available resources, given the...

K-12 STUDENTS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS will not be required to wear masks when they return to school this fall. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY

No statewide mask requirements, COVID-19 testing in Mass. schools this year

Coronavirus 08/16/2022

MALDEN, Mass. – Students entering K-12 public schools across Massachusetts this fall will get a return to normalcy after two years of restrictions and...

A PRELIMINARY RENDERING shows a new high school in Warwick. The city's school department is planning to construct new high schools to replace both Pilgrim High School and Toll Gate High School. / COURTESY WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Warwick planning to build new Toll Gate, Pilgrim high schools

Education 08/01/2022

WARWICK – The city’s school department has put together early plans to replace its two aging high schools in the near future, joining the...

MATT GLENDINNING will step down as Moses Brown School's head of school on June 20. He will become the next head of school at Hopkins School in New Haven, Conn. / COURTESY MOSES BROWN SCHOOL

Glendinning stepping down as Moses Brown’s head of school on June...

Education 06/01/2022

PROVIDENCE – Moses Brown School will have a new leader come next academic year. Matt Glendinning, who has led the private Quaker school for 13...

State launches $5M arts support initiative for local schools

Art & Culture 05/26/2022

LINCOLN – State elected and education officials announced Thursday a new multimillion-dollar initiative to strengthen arts education in Rhode Island’s public schools. Gov. Daniel J....