PROVIDENCE – The BankNewport Charitable Foundation has awarded $10,000 to Providence Public Library to support free technology training and workforce development programs for teens and adults, the foundation announced Oct. 22. The programs serve more than 1,500 teens and adults annually, including English language…
by MADDIE HEIMSCH, NBC 10 NEWS (WJAR) — Rhode Island voters will be asked to vote on five statewide bond questions on their Nov. 3 ballots. The first–and most expensive–question asks for approval for the state to borrow $275 million to make…
Providence School Board members were attentive and cooperative as they asked administrators questions about the district's latest student assessment scores at their Wednesday night meeting. But after the test scores presentation ended, the board went behind closed doors for the…
After weeks of infighting, the Providence School Board backed away from an effort to oust President Ty’Relle Stephens during an hours-long meeting Wednesday night. Stephens appeared to be on shaky ground last month, when six of the board’s 10 members called…
As far back as grade school, Jennifer Walker was sure she'd become a teacher. Then, her experiences at Providence's Classical High School super-charged her ambition with a passion to become a two-way bilingual teacher. Bilingual education uses the same curriculum…
Providence, state, and education leaders gathered Friday to cut the ribbon on the new upper campus of Frank D. Spaziano PK-8 School in Providence, a $34.5 million middle school building that will serve 312 students. The ceremony marks the completion of a $78.5 million…
Freshly crunched numbers for a proposed overhaul of how Rhode Island calculates the bulk of the state's share of local school funding would increase annual state education formula aid by an additional $525 million over this year — a number which does…
The students in Danielle Trial Lucini's concert band class were charging through the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" during first period on a Thursday morning at Mount Pleasant High School in Providence. Lucini let them finish before offering her review:…
K-12: the districts, classrooms and kids.