Tag: Providence Public School District
Providence Teachers Union president: Displacement notices ‘a little unexpected’
PROVIDENCE – Providence Teachers Union President Maribeth K. Calabro said Friday the displacement notices that about three dozen union members received earlier this week...
Roughly 3 dozen Providence Teachers Union members receive displacement notices
PROVIDENCE – Approximately three dozen members of the Providence Teachers Union who work in the Providence Public School District’s central office at 797 Westminster...
RIDE, PPSD to offer teachers reimbursement for enrolling in ESL certification...
PROVIDENCE – In a joint announcement Thursday, the R.I. Department of Education and the Providence Public School District said they will offer teachers reimbursement...
Harrison Peters introduced as Providence’s new school superintendent
PROVIDENCE – Being called to serve has been nothing new for Harrison Peters.
A former U.S. Navy veteran, Peters has also worked in multiple, challenging...
Five Questions With Jorge Elorza
Jorge O. Elorza | Mayor, Providence
1. What is your New Year’s resolution for the city? The long-term vision we have built over the...
Five Questions with Maribeth Calabro, Providence Teachers Union president
Maribeth Calabro | President, Providence Teachers Union
1. The Providence public schools are now under R.I. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education control. What...
Ernst & Young: PPSD budget needs to be more flexible, student-centered
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Public School District has historically viewed its annual operating budget as being fixed and that mentality should shift to a...
Business a key part of Infante-Green’s blueprint for takeover of Providence...
R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green has been in Rhode Island for less than a year, but she now finds herself trying to fix a...
Business community debates best way to help Providence schools
The Providence schools need an infusion of energy and expertise. Business owners and leaders are being asked to commit staff and financial resources to...
Policies on student behavior need overhaul
In the wake of the John Hopkins report that exposed some of the behavioral challenges that affect Providence public schools, there were inevitably other...
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