Tag: Providence Public School District
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...
State takeover of PPSD to begin Nov. 1
PROVIDENCE – The state takeover of the Providence Public School District will begin Nov. 1, the R.I. Department of Education announced Tuesday.
Concurrently, R.I. Education...
RWU’s charter school proposal 1 of 5 under consideration by RIDE
PROVIDENCE – A charter school with the backing of Roger Williams University that would cater to English language learners is one of five charter...
ACLU urges Providence schools to address racial disparities in discipline
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is calling upon Providence school officials to take steps before classes start next month...
State education commissioner requests authority to take control of Providence schools
PROVIDENCE – Angélica Infante-Green, the new state education commissioner, will request authority Tuesday from the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education to intervene in...
Report paints bleak picture of Providence schools
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Public School District is failing miserably at nearly every aspect of its mission, with students struggling to learn in schools...
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