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BEYOND BOOK LEARNING” The state’s Prepare Rhode Island initiative is connecting students with careers that aren’t academic in nature, including through the Pathways in Technology Early College High School, or P-TECH program. Here, Cole Chiaradio assembles a band saw at the manufacturing section of Westerly High School in a P-TECH program.  / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD


A guiding connection

Connecting people and jobs is always a challenge, but in the manufacturing and construction sectors in Rhode Island, the process has become especially challenging...
THE RFP process for AmeriCorps grant fund applications will be overseen by ServeRI, which was recently added to the portfolio of the R.I. Department of Education.

RIDE issues RFP for AmeriCorps grant funding

PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Department of Education has issued a request for proposals for organizations seeking AmeriCorps grant funding. Grants will be awarded on a...

RIDE adds Serve Rhode Island to portfolio, awards $1.8M in AmeriCorps...

PROVIDENCE - The distribution of AmeriCorps grants will now be the responsibility of the R.I. Department of Education, per a Tuesday RIDE announcement, after...
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION awarded $6.9 million in grants to adult education programs in the state.

RIDE awards $6.9M for adult education programs

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education has awarded $6.9 million in grants to support 21 adult education programs in Rhode Island, the department...
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION has announced the findings of its 2018 SurveyWorks report into school culture and climate. / COURTESY RIDE

Professional development, repairs among list of complaints reported by RIDE’s 2018...

PROVIDENCE - Via a round table discussion held Tuesday, the R.I. Department of Education released the results of its 2018 SurveyWorks report querying students,...
COLLABORATING: Maggie Anderson, the newly appointed education director for the R.I. State Council on the Arts, speaks with Randall Rosenbaum, executive director. /  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With Maggie Anderson

Maggie Anderson | Education director, R.I. State Council on the Arts 1. What do you hope to learn from the 31-year legacy of former Education...

Task force recommends $500M bonding for school repairs, construction

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School Building Task Force has recommended issuing $500 million in state general-obligation bonds for public-school construction and repair over...
THREE RHODE ISLAND-based schools were named 2017 National Blue Ribbon Schools.

3 R.I. schools given 2017 Blue Ribbon honor

PROVIDENCE – Three Rhode Island-based schools have been named 2017 National Blue Ribbon Schools according to the Rhode Island Department of Education Thursday. The schools -...
KEN WAGNER, commissioner of elementary and secondary education, with Gov. Gina M. Raimondo. PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

RIDE announces $2.69M in 21st Century CLC grants

PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Department of Education awarded $2.69 million in grants to 10 community-based organizations with a focus on after-school and summer programs...
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