Tag: U.S. Department of Education
WalletHub: R.I. public school systems 9th best in nation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island public school systems are the ninth best in the nation, while Massachusetts has the best, according to a study by...
Disability advocates fear federal policy shift
For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities – rights that some fear...
Neronha joins lawsuit challenging attempt to end school-based mental health grants
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha joined 14 other state attorneys general on Friday in challenging the Trump administration plans to cut school-based...
64 high school seniors earn college credits through NEIT Early College...
EAST GREENWICH – Sixty-four high school seniors from Rhode Island and Massachusetts completed their first year of college while still enrolled in high school...
Brown students injured in mass shooting say university failed to protect...
Three Brown University students injured during the December mass shooting in an academic building are suing the school for inadequate security and failing to act...
New federal student loan rules remove nursing’s ‘professional’ status reclassify nursing
It’s no secret that Rhode Island hospitals, like many health care facilities throughout the U.S., have grappled with increasingly steep nurse shortages in recent...
CCRI gains federal approval to continue Prison Education Program
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island has received federal approval to expand its Prison Education Program at the state’s medium security facility...
R.I. Student Loan Authority names federal education official as new director
WARWICK – Christine Rose Barlow, an attorney and federal official with more than 20 years of experience in education finance, has been named executive...
Does Brown University need to upgrade campus security in the wake...
Brown University’s head of public safety is on administrative leave following the Dec. 13 mass shooting that killed two students and injured nine others.
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Brown University police chief placed on leave pending campus safety review
Brown University’s head of public safety is now on administrative leave as the Ivy League school undergoes two outside reviews of its security practices...
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