Dual Language Education Offers A Vision for Providence’s Schools
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The Boston Globe report on the results of the statewide academic test, the RI Comprehensive [...]

15
Jan
An assembler works on the production line at a Ford car factory in 1950. Labor contracts for automotive workers on assembly lines served as the model for the first teachers union contracts and continue to do so. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Legacy Laws Are Hurting Providence Public School Students
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Failing urban students is a time-honored habit in Rhode Island, first documented exhaustively in the [...]

18
Dec
Mary Colman Wheeler (1846-1920) Visionary Artist, Educator, and Founder of Wheeler School         
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Best remembered locally for founding Wheeler School on Providence’s East Side, she was also an [...]

04
Dec
RIDE Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green speaks to the press Nov. 22, 2024, at Providence Career and Technical Academy, discussing the finalized $15 million school funding settlement. (Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
Providence to Pay $15M to Resolve School Funding Dispute with State
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The city of Providence will pay an additional $15 million to its public schools, staving [...]

27
Nov
Esek Hopkins statue by sculptor Theo A.R. Kitson in Hopkins Park
The Rise and Fall of Esek Hopkins
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Esek Hopkins (1718-1802) lived a long life as a public figure and sea captain and [...]

06
Nov
Hope Scholarship Shows Promise at Rhode Island College
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The Hope Scholarship at Rhode Island College (RIC) seems to be living up to its [...]

25
Sep
Javier Montañez, superintendent of Providence Public Schools, and Angélica Infante-Green, commissioner of the Rhode Island Department of Education, are seen speaking to reporters after a meeting of the state’s K-12 council. Councilors voted unanimously to affirm Infante-Green’s recommendation that a state takeover of the capital city’s schools continue. (Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
State to Keep Control of Providence Schools for Three More Years
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Javier Montañez, superintendent of Providence Public Schools, and Angélica Infante-Green, commissioner of the Rhode Island [...]

11
Sep
Providence Teachers Contract Ends August 31- What’s Next?
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Whether defended or despised, public school teacher contracts are critical documents that set out what [...]

21
Aug
Courtesy Paul Cuffee School
Double Jeopardy: Summer Vacation Compounds Covid Learning Loss
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In their New York Times op-ed piece on learning loss during the pandemic, the authors [...]

07
Aug
Asa Messer, 1869, by John Sullivan Lincoln, copied from an ivory miniature, Brown Portrait Collection
Education for Everybody: Why They Named a School After Asa Messer
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Asa Messer’s name has been attached to two Providence school buildings.  Few people today would [...]

10
Jul