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ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN Elementary School at Broad Street, pictured, and Carl G. Lauro Elementary School were identified late Tuesday as the two Providence public school buildings that will close next year due to their age and poor physical conditions. / COURTESY GOOGLE INC.

Providence’s Feinstein Elementary, Lauro Elementary to close next year

Education 12/14/2022

PROVIDENCE – Alan Shawn Feinstein Elementary School at Broad Street and Carl G. Lauro Elementary School were identified late Tuesday as the two city...

TWO PROVIDENCE SCHOOLS will close next year due to their poor physical condition, although it is currently unclear which buildings will close.

Providence school district: Two ‘crumbling’ school buildings will close next year

Education 12/12/2022

PROVIDENCE – Two “crumbling” schools within the Providence Public School District will close next year as part of a plan to increase the number...

Don’t allow state workers a money grab

Editorial and Op-Ed 11/26/2021

On the surface, a tentative contract agreement allowing unionized state workers up to $3,000 if they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 appears to be a...

Providence teachers OK new contract

Education 07/31/2021

PROVIDENCE - After a year of sometimes acrimonious negotiations with the state, the Providence Teachers Union on Friday overwhelmingly approved a three-year contract. The deal...

Providence Teachers Union set to vote on new bargaining agreement

Education 07/29/2021

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Teachers Union is set to vote on a new collective bargaining agreement Friday evening. Negotiations between the union, the Providence Public...

THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, the Providence Teachers Union and the R.I. Department of Education reached a tentative contract agreement.

State, Providence teachers reach tentative contract agreement

Education 07/20/2021

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education and Providence Public School District have reached a tentative contract agreement with the Providence Teachers Union, Gov....

R.I. EDUCATION COMMISSIONER Angelica Infante-Green said Wednesday that the Providence community will have a say in what it would like to see in a new superintendent for the Providence Public School District. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO R.I. EDUCATION COMMISSIONER Angelica Infante-Green said Wednesday that the Providence community will have a say in what it would like to see in a new superintendent for the Providence Public School District. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Infante-Green: Community will have say in Providence superintendent search

Education 05/26/2021

PROVIDENCE – Along with including additional layers in the vetting process, various segments of the community will have a say in what they would...

HARRISON PETERS has been asked to resign as Providence superintendent of schools by R.I. Education Commissioner Angelica-Infante Green. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Providence school Superintendent Peters asked to resign by Infante-Green

Education 05/19/2021

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green Tuesday has asked Providence Superintendent of Schools Harrison Peters for his resignation, about a week after the arrest...

Providence teachers vote no confidence in commissioner

Education 03/22/2021

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Providence public school teachers, currently in contract negotiations, took a vote of no confidence in the leadership of state Education Commissioner...