URI Student Dies – 2nd Student Death In 8 Days The University of Rhode Island confirmed that international grad student Suhail Habeeb died over the weekend Read More.     Providence Does...

Sorority President Franco Made Big Impact at URI – Died Tragically The University of Rhode Island campus is in mourning after the death of junior and sorority president Dominique Franco. Read...

NEW: Roger Williams University to Name Boston Science Museum Head Dr. Miaoulis as President Dr. Ioannis (Yannis) Miaoulis, who has served as President and Director of the Museum of Science in Boston...

RI Trails Most of New England in Developing Patents and Local Colleges Lag Their Peers Rhode Island is quite average for developing patents per capita in America — ranked 24th in the country,...

URI Students Have More Debt, Raimondo’s Free College Proposal is Targeted to RIC Only During her campaign for re-election for Governor, Gina Raimondo repeatedly stated that one of her second term...

RI Ethics Commission Puts Restrictions on NEA Official Serving on School Committee The Rhode Island Ethics Committee has issued an advisory opinion on recently elected South Kingstown School...

RI Foundation’s Steinberg Defends New Ten-Year Approach to Fixing Education in State Rhode Island Foundation President Neil Steinberg appeared on GoLocal LIVE, where he spoke to the...

Cranston Schools Hire Controversial Collection Agency for Outstanding Lunch Bills GoLocalProv.com has learned that the Cranston School Committee has hired a controversial national collectionRead...

RI Students Performed 17-20% Worse Than MA on New Assessments—See RI District Rankings The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) on Thursday released performance results for students in grades...

85% of Providence Students Not Meeting Expectations on Latest Statewide Test—RI Leaders Speak Out The Rhode Island Department of Education released the state’s new student assessment scores...

CCRI Faculty Union Head Calls for President Hughes’ Resignation After Vote of No Confidence The head of the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) faculty union is calling for CCRI President...

Teachers Should Leverage Their Newly Restored Rights ESA Outlet for Concerned Families? Providence, RI — The Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity for years has been warning about...

Is School Committee Targeting Legal Counsel That Identified Conflicts for NEA Leader? Is the South Kingstown School Committee looking to replace the legal counsel that identified the conflict...

Project Discovery Gala Raises $85,000 for Education Programs Fund Announced to Support Project Discovery in Perpetuity PROVIDENCE, RI: Trinity Repertory Company held its 2018 Project Discovery Gala,...

RI Teachers See About 80% of their Dues Spent on non-Local Salaries and Issues   Detailed Spending Report in the Works Providence, RI — Public school teachers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts...

Councilman Questions Impartiality of NEA-Employed School Committee Member A member of the South Kingstown Town Council is questioning how a new member of the South Kingstown School Committee Read...

Let’s eliminate money problems from the admissions equation for qualified students. By Michael R. Bloomberg Mr. Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP and served as mayor of New York, 2002-2013....

Mattiello Raises Concerns About Raimondo’s Pledge to Expand Free College Tuition to URI, RIC Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello said that he is “very concerned” about Governor Gina...

PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket School Department (PSD) and the Department of Public Works have completed major school zone traffic safety upgrades district-wide. The improvements, which were made based...