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
Drawing by Niah Rivera
Teens and Sex [Education]
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The Met High School (Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center), located in South Providence is [...]

03
Jul
RI KIDS Count Executive Director Paige Clausius-Parks explains school funding to parents and students at CCRI on May 11.
“Our education just isn’t important enough.” School Budget Measures the City’s Commitment to Children
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One after another, Providence Schools students and parents stepped up to the mic at the [...]

19
Jun
Nathan Bishop: “He Could Do More Work With Less Noise Than Any Man…”
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Searching “Nathan Bishop” to understand why Providence decided to name a school for him in [...]

12
Jun
19th century classroom
Palaces for the People’s Children?  A Very Short History of Providence Public Schools  
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The Providence Eye is inaugurating a series on the origins of the names of Providence [...]

21
May
Are Providence Schools Better Off After Five Years of State Management?
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On November 1, 2019, RI Department of Education (RIDE) used the authority granted in the [...]

08
May