Civics? In Public Schools? What a Concept!
Schools Offer Driver’s Ed, Why Not Voter’s Ed? Barrington, RI: Barbara Holmes, Chair of Rhode Island’s Republican Conservative Caucus (RCC), spoke out today on the lack of...
PPL Offers Free Financial Education Programs in April
PPL Offers Free Financial Education Programs PROVIDENCE, RI – As part of annual Money Smart Week, Providence Public Library (PPL) is pleased to offer two free financial education programs to be...
Ivy League Colleges Tied to Multiple Admissions Federal Investigations
Ivy League Colleges Tied to Multiple Admissions Federal Investigations “College Athletics the Right Way,” states the Ivy League. The sports league of the so-called “Ancient Read More. ...
Superintendent Christopher N. Maher Announces Resignation After 2018-2019 School Year
Superintendent Christopher N. Maher Announces Resignation After 2018-2019 School Year Providence, RI- Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced that Christopher N. Maher, Superintendent of Providence Public...
URI Student Dies – 2nd Student Death In 8 Days
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
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...
Roger Williams University to Name Boston Science Museum Head Dr. Miaoulis as President
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...
CCRI President Strips Leading Critic of Free Tuition Program of Department Chair
NEW: CCRI President Strips Leading Critic of Free Tuition Program of Department Chair The head of the Community College of Rhode Island Faculty Association — who has been an outspoken critic of...
RI Trails Most of New England in Developing Patents and Local Colleges Lag Their Peers
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
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...
Ethics Commission Puts Restrictions on NEA Official Serving on School Committee
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
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 Collection Agency for Outstanding Lunch Bills
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
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
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
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...
Center Calls for Empowered Teachers and ESA’s as Part of the Solution to RI’s Education Failures
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 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...
Trinity Rep | Annual Project Discovery Gala Raises $85,000 and Education Endowment Announced
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,...
Statement on MA Report re. Teachers Union Dues-Flow. Just 21% stays local in RI?
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...