Tag: Ken Wagner
Infante-Green to receive new 3-year contract as R.I.’s education commissioner
PROVIDENCE – Angélica Infante-Green is expected to remain the state’s education commissioner for the next three years.
The R.I. Council on Elementary and Secondary Education...
MONEY MATTERS: $400M in bond issues on R.I. ballot as borrowing...
Matt Dunn and Rainer Lohmann are among the top researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, but it’s tough to...
Report: R.I. a leader in quality pre-K, but access still too...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has boosted spending and enrolled more children in prekindergarten, but access to public preschool programs remains low in the Ocean...
RIDE’s Wagner to step down, Raimondo recommends successor
PROVIDENCE – Ken Wagner, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, is stepping down in April and will be joining the Annenberg Institute at...
RIDE issues RFP for $3M in funding for after-school and summer...
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Department of Education has issued a request for proposals for the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant.
The department has...
Will 2018 be the year Rhode Island voters take a stand...
“Embarrassing,” is how R.I. Department of Education Commissioner Ken Wagner described the state of local public elementary, middle and high schools.
“When I visit a...
Bill is now due for decades of neglect of public school...
After decades of neglect, the bill is finally coming due for the most-urgent repairs and upgrades needed at the state’s aging primary- and secondary-education...
RIDE receives $2.5M for at-risk students
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education received a $2.5 million federal School Climate Transformation grant to expand programs that address social, emotional and...
Providence ESL teacher named 2018 Milken Educator
PROVIDENCE – In its 31st iteration of the Educator award, the Milken Family Foundation has awarded a $25,000 award to Michelle Johnson in recognition...
RIDE receives $2.5M to improve student behavioral outcomes, learning conditions
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education received a $2.5 million federal School Climate Transformation grant to expand programs that address social, emotional and...