Tag: R.I. Department of Education
Additional $30M from Facility Equity Initiative available for school construction efforts
CENTRAL FALLS – About $30 million in funds for the second round of the state School Building Authority’s Facility Equity Initiative is now available...
Bradley Hospital receives $8.6M federal grant to help provide mental health...
EAST PROVIDENCE – Emma Pendleton Brady Hospital has been awarded a five-year, $8.6 million federal grant to help provide mental and behavioral health services...
Schools, attorneys divided on Biden’s proposed sweeping Title IX changes
When then-President Barack Obama rocked the education world with his “Dear Colleague” letter in 2011, Kara Larsen wasn’t paying much attention.
The revolutionary guidance on...
No statewide mask requirements, COVID-19 testing in Mass. schools this year
MALDEN, Mass. – Students entering K-12 public schools across Massachusetts this fall will get a return to normalcy after two years of restrictions and...
City Council approves $125M school construction bond question, overrides Elorza’s school...
PROVIDENCE – In a special afternoon meeting Wednesday, the City Council approved two significant school-related measures, including sending a nine-figure school construction bond question...
Providence Public Schools recognized for sustainable electronics efforts
PROVIDENCE – The Information Technology Department of the Providence Public Schools recently received a 2022 Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool Purchaser Award for its...
Women & Infants OB-GYN leads study on VBAC’s effect on early...
PROVIDENCE – A study led by a Women & Infants Hospital OB-GYN has found that birth by cesarean section, vaginally or vaginally after a...
Providence City Council moves forward on $125M school construction bond
PROVIDENCE – The City Council in a special meeting Wednesday unanimously approved a first vote to advance a proposed $125 million bond referendum to...
Warwick planning to build new Toll Gate, Pilgrim high schools
WARWICK – The city’s school department has put together early plans to replace its two aging high schools in the near future, joining the...
Is help on the way for R.I.’s Minority Business Enterprise program?
THE STATE IS STILL STRUGGLING to overcome decades of dysfunction around tracking and enforcing its laws for contracting with minority-owned businesses, even after a...
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