Tag: R.I. Department of Education
Five Questions With: Kevin Parker
A year ago, the R.I. Office of Innovation launched the Government Innovation League, an initiative where representatives from state agencies spend 20 percent of...
R.I. 4-year graduation rate increases to 84% for Class of 2017
PROVIDENCE – The high school four-year graduation rate in Rhode Island for the Class of 2017 increased 1.3 percentage points year over year to...
RWU, Providence Public Schools to launch joint ESL program for teachers
PROVIDENCE – Increasing the number of English as a second language teachers is the core of a new program being launched by Roger Williams...
Task force recommends $500M bonding for school repairs, construction
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School Building Task Force has recommended issuing $500 million in state general-obligation bonds for public-school construction and repair over...
Report: Record number of R.I. students take 2017 AP exams
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s public high school graduating Class of 2017 saw a record number of students take one or more College Board Advanced...
R.I. School Building Task Force meets to address school infrastructure crisis
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School Building Task Force met Friday for the first time, to address the infrastructure deficiencies of schools in Rhode...
Report: R.I. schools need $627.5M fix
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education 2017 State of Rhode Island Schoolhouses report forecasts $627.5 million in high-priority construction and repairs needed to...
Five Questions With: Paul Whalley
Paul Whalley is the vice president of Southwick, Mass.-based Whalley Computer Associates Inc., which recently opened a new office in Providence to extend its...
Rhode Island Builders Association recognizes NEIT project director
FREDERICK GILL, project director at New England Institute of Technology, was recently recognized by the Rhode Island Builders Association with an award of appreciation...
Five Questions With: Mary Ann Snider
Mary Ann Snider is the deputy commissioner of education overseeing teaching and learning for the R.I. Department of Education. Snider has been part of...
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