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Virginia education group files ethics complaint against R.I. Senate president

A Virginia-based organization known for mounting legal challenges to DEI initiatives and LGBTQ-inclusive school policies across the country has filed an ethics complaint against R.I....

McKee pushes for $60M bond proposal for CCRI workforce training center...

WARWICK – Gov. Daniel J. McKee is touting a proposed $60 million general obligation bond to build a Workforce Innovation Center at the Community...
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Tvenstrup receives 2026 Teaching Excellence Award

LISA TVENSTRUP, a social studies teacher at Ponaganset High School, recently received the 2026 Teaching Excellence Award from the National Education Association Rhode Island....

Barrington School Committee, teachers agree to new 3-year collective contract

BARRINGTON – The School Committee and the Barrington Education Association, part of the National Education Association Rhode Island, announced on June 25 that a...

Tvenstrup named 2026 NEARI Teaching Excellence Award recipient

CRANSTON – Lisa Tvenstrup, a social studies teacher at Ponaganset High School, recently received the 2026 Teaching Excellence Award from the National Education Association...

Met School educators vote to unionize, join NEARI

PROVIDENCE – More than 80 educators at The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center have voted to unionize and become members of the National...

Foulkes takes lead over McKee in Q4 donations

Gov. Daniel J. McKee managed to persuade a pair of local unions to call off their planned pickets outside his fundraiser Monday night. But...
MORE NEEDED: Mary K. Barden, executive director of the National Education Association Rhode Island, says expanding the Wavemaker Fellowship program to include teachers is good, but not nearly enough to reverse the severe problem of attracting and retaining educators. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Will expanded Wavemaker keep teachers in R.I.?

When it was first launched in 2016, the Wavemaker Fellowship was designed to be an incentive to persuade new, highly trained college graduates working...

R.I. Foundation, Annenberg Institute create commission to assess state’s education funding...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation and the Annenberg Institute at Brown University are launching a new education committee to study, assess and make...

Coalition launches campaign against Constitutional Convention ballot question

PROVIDENCE – A coalition of residents and organizations have launched a campaign to reject a question on the state ballot in November calling for...
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