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BROWN UNIVERSITY has created a new Office of Equity Compliance and Reporting to better its ability to investigate claims of harassment and discrimination on campus. /  AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Brown University creates new office to investigate on-campus discrimination, harassment claims

Education 02/01/2024

PROVIDENCE – Citing the need to strengthen its ability to address reports of bias, discrimination and harassment occurring on campus, Brown University has created...

RIDE gets $3.2M for data collection to better prepare students for...

Education 12/06/2023

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education on Wednesday was awarded a $3.2 million federal grant to enhance data collection related to college and...

U.S. Department of Education again finds R.I. ‘needs assistance’ regarding early...

Education 10/10/2023

PROVIDENCE – For a second consecutive year, the U.S. Department of Education has determined that the state needs assistance in meeting certain requirements of...

3 R.I. elementary schools named Blue Ribbon schools

Education 09/29/2023

PROVIDENCE – A trio of local elementary schools have been designated as 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. Clayville Elementary...

R.I. digital career platform selected as finalist in U.S. Department of...

Technology 03/21/2023

PROVIDENCE – The founders of Wingspans operate on a simple mantra: “If you can see if, you can be it.” To promote this concept, the...

State receives $10M federal grant to further support mental health initiatives...

Education 01/06/2023

PROVIDENCE – The state has once again became the beneficiary of a multimillion-dollar federal grant to support mental health initiatives within local schools. State elected...

BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has received a $1.5 million energy bonus from the R.I. Department of Education. / COURTESY BARRINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Barrington Middle School receives $1.5M state energy bonus

Education 09/20/2022

BARRINGTON – The town’s middle school is the recipient of a $1.5 million energy bonus from the R.I. Department of Education as being an...

ROBERT LANCIA, a Republican who lost to Rep. James R. Langevin, D-R.I., in the 2020 election, has suspended his latest quest for Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District seat. / COURTESY ROBERT LANCIA

Lancia suspends congressional run; Fung lone Republican left

Elections 06/29/2022

CRANSTON – The race for Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District seat has only one Republican left after former state Rep. Robert Lancia, who was...

LAURA HAUERWAS, a professor of education at Providence College, has been awarded an $11.3 million U.S. Department of Education Grant to help study the implementation, testing and refinement of teachers using self-regulation strategy development to teach the writing process. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Providence College professor receives $11.3M grant for study on teaching writing...

Education 12/15/2021

PROVIDENCE – A Providence College education professor received a substantial federal grant to help study the implementation, testing and refinement of teachers using self-regulation...