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Annenberg: Providence teacher resignations problematic

PROVIDENCE – In its latest look at teacher staffing in the Providence Public School District released Tuesday, the Annenberg Institute at Brown University says...
BROWN UNIVERSITY has launched a $300,000 pilot program, funded by the Barr Foundation, to strengthen retention and training for recent graduates teaching in Providence, Central Falls and Pawtucket. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University launches $300K pilot program to assist graduates teaching in...

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has received a $300,000 grant from the Barr Foundation to help develop a pilot program to strengthen retention and training...
MEAL TIME: ­Students at Nathanael Greene Middle School in Providence eat lunch in the school’s cafeteria.  Providence Public School District schools have offered breakfast and lunch at no charge since 2019 under the federal Community Eligibility Provision. 
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Governor’s plan to offer more free school meals is not enough,...

Food insecurity in Rhode Island in 2023 surged 30% year over year, according to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. And compared with 2019,...
CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL in Providence had six of its seven performance metrics receive between four and five stars in 2023. But the lone low score for English language proficiency netted the school the overall 2-star rating. / COURTESY CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL

‘It’s a numbers game’: Teacher unions say R.I. star ratings paint...

PROVIDENCE – Purple Pride and commitment to students run deep at Classical High School, and the overall analysis by the R.I. Department of Education...
STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS and students at Frank D. Spaziano Elementary School in Providence cut the ribbon Friday on the new $44 million school building. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

Officials cut ribbon on new Spaziano Elementary School in Providence

PROVIDENCE – State and city education officials on Friday formerly cut the ribbon on the new Frank D. Spaziano Elementary School building as part...

Providence Public Schools partners with First Student to deploy first electric...

PROVIDENCE – Hundreds of Providence Public School District students will soon be riding electric buses to and from school, PPSD and First Student recently...
NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE of Technology has launched an early college program for high school seniors. / COURTESY NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

New England Tech launches new early college program for high school...

EAST GREENWICH – The New England Institute of Technology has launched a pilot early college dual-enrollment program, collaborating with one technical school and the...
THE GREAT OUTDOORS: Norwood Elementary School in Warwick is one of dozens of Rhode Island schools that will get schoolyard habitat classrooms under the Learning Inside Out Outdoor Classroom initiative. 
PBN FILE PHOTO

These classrooms will turn lessons inside out

Norwood Elementary School in Warwick is going to be undergoing a classroom expansion of sorts over the next year, but it won’t have much...
THE RHODE ISLAND American Civil Liberties Union Inc., the Rhode Island Center for Justice, the R.I. Department of Education and the Providence Public School District have settled a federal lawsuit filed back in July over allegations of students not receiving special education services they were entitled to.

Lawsuit over alleged lack of special education services to young students...

PROVIDENCE – A settlement between the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union Inc., the Rhode Island Center for Justice, the R.I. Department of Education...

Kizirian Elementary School receives special pre-K accomplishment

PROVIDENCE – The pre-kindergarten program at Harry Kizirian Elementary School was recently awarded the BrightStars 5-star rating, the R.I. Department of Education and the...
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