Posted: January 12th, 2012 | Author: Education Week: Rhode Island | Filed under: Rhode_island | Comments Off
Posted: January 12th, 2012 | Author: Education Week: Rhode Island | Filed under: Rhode_island | Comments Off
Posted: January 3rd, 2012 | Author: Education Week: Rhode Island | Filed under: Rhode_island | Comments Off
Posted: August 29th, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Rhode Island | Filed under: Rhode_island | Comments Off
A new study shows that middle school students enrolled in a citywide after-school program in Providence, R.I., had better school attendance records than peers who did not participate.
Posted: May 17th, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Rhode Island | Filed under: Rhode_island | Comments Off
The East Providence, R.I., schools enlisted a local psychiatric hospital to help reduce the number of students bused out of the district for special services.
Posted: April 5th, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Rhode Island | Filed under: Rhode_island | Comments Off
Thomas Brady, a retired Army colonel and graduate of the Broad Foundation-sponsored superintendents academy, said he will step down as chief of the 23,700-student Providence, R.I., school district by summer.
Posted: February 1st, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Rhode Island | Filed under: Rhode_island | Comments Off
A new education group has penned a letter asking Rhode Island's governor to keep the state schools chief on the job and keep the basic composition of the state's board of regents, which appoints her.
Posted: November 2nd, 2010 | Author: Education Week: Rhode Island | Filed under: Rhode_island | Comments Off
Posted: September 14th, 2010 | Author: Education Week: Rhode Island | Filed under: Rhode_island | Comments Off
Teachers at a Rhode Island school who were fired and ultimately rehired have returned to their classrooms amid hopes that changes they agreed to will help improve student performance.
Posted: August 9th, 2010 | Author: Education Week: Rhode Island | Filed under: Rhode_island | Comments Off
For the first time in more than 15 years, Rhode Island has a statewide school funding formula that supporters say will more equitably dole out money to its public schools.
