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ANGELICA INFANTE-GREEN is expected to receive a new three-year contract to remain as the state's education commissioner. /PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Infante-Green to receive new 3-year contract as R.I.’s education commissioner

PROVIDENCE – Angélica Infante-Green is expected to remain the state’s education commissioner for the next three years. The R.I. Council on Elementary and Secondary Education...

Attendance in R.I. public schools is on the rebound after pandemic...

Rhode Island kids aren’t skipping school as much as they used to. In the 2023-2024 school year, there were 244,375 fewer absences across Rhode Island’s...

$3.8M in Learn365RI grants awarded across 29 municipalities

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-nine municipalities received a total of $3.8 million in Learn365RI grants to create or expand extended learning programs, with many focusing on...

McKee vows to raise incomes, shore up health care system, cut...

PROVIDENCE – Striking a note of optimism in the face of future deficits and the absence of unprecedented federal dollars in recent years, Gov....
STUDENTS IN RHODE ISLAND have shown overall improved proficiency in both math and English language arts on the Rhode Island Common Assessment System exam in 2023. However, R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green said the state still has a lot of work to do to improve educational outcomes across the state. / AP FILE PHOTO/MARY ALTAFFER

RICAS results show educational improvement, but more work needed

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education on Wednesday released its latest Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System exam results, which show year-to-year improved student...
SIGNED ON THE LINE: Newport Mayor Xaykham “Xay” Khamsyvoravong, seated at right, ceremonially agrees in April to participate in Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s Learn365RI out-of-school learning initiative. McKee is sitting at left. R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green stands between McKee and Khamsyvoravong. The signing took place at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County. 
COURTESY GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE’S OFFICE

Some doubt lingers over Learn365RI initiative

In Newport, Mayor Xaykham “Xay” Khamsyvoravong sees all the ingredients for student success – not just within the school system and among students but...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE and the R.I. Department of Education announced Tuesday that 24 public school districts received $3.8 million in funding to support McKee's "Learn 365 RI" plan. / COURTESY OFFICE OF GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE

30 school districts receive $3.8M in funding as part of McKee’s...

PROVIDENCE – Thirty public school districts across the state received close to $3.8 million in grants aimed to support launches or expanding extended student...
K-12 STUDENTS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS will not be required to wear masks when they return to school this fall. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY

Is it fair to blame COVID-19 for the state’s decline in...

Rhode Island student test scores in both reading and math have declined since 2019, according to the “Nations Report Card” issued Oct. 24 by...

RIPEC: R.I.’s K-12 education system is in crisis

PROVIDENCE – The K-12 education system in Rhode Island is in crisis. That's the conclusion the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council made in its newly...
A STUDY FROM the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment released Thursday notes that K-12 students across Rhode Island had their learning disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it could take between three to five years to recover from the learning loss. / COURTESY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT

Report: COVID-19 disrupted R.I. students’ learning, could take 3-5 years to...

PROVIDENCE – A study from the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment released Thursday notes that K-12 students across Rhode Island had...
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