Tag: National Education Association Rhode Island
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...
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...
CCRI faculty members hold informational picket seeking contract negotiations
WARWICK – Faculty members with the Community College of Rhode Island on Jan. 22 held an informational picket across all its campuses, including at...
R.I. school ratings don’t add up
National Education Association Rhode Island Executive Director Mary K. Barden says rating a public school based on its weakest performance area doesn’t make sense.
She’s...


















