Tag: public education
R.I. education commissioner asking school districts to submit ‘closure plans’
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, in a letter Thursday, is calling all public-school districts in Rhode Island to submit closure plans that...
20 R.I. high schools receive grants from XQ+RI Challenge to reimagine...
PROVIDENCE – Twenty Rhode Island high schools received grant awards from the R.I. Department of Education and national nonprofit XQ Institute as part of...
R.I. Foundation issues record $56M in grants to nonprofits in 2019
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation one-upped itself in helping the nonprofit community in 2019.
The foundation announced Friday that it awarded $56 million in...
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...
R.I. Foundation unveils 10-year plan, $1M commitment to improve public education
PROVIDENCE – Within the last two years, Rhode Island has started making the long journey to repair the public education system in the state.
In...
PBN on WJAR-TV, Jan. 14, 2019
The business of educating teachers is shrinking in R.I.
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss...