Photo: Eric Halvarson.
Providence Has Its Schools Back. Now Who’s In Charge?
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Providence parent Aubrey Johnson was anxious about the prospect of a sudden return of Providence Public School Department (PPSD) to local control. “All these years and no one has come up with a plan for return,” said Johnson, who follows school issues closely as an [...]

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May
Newly elected PTU President Lindsey Paiva with her niece. Photo: Lindsay Paiva.
“The Base Is Built”: Providence Teachers Union Elects New Leadership That Promises Reform
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On May 13, Providence teachers lined up to elect new union leadership. Wait times ran as long as 90 minutes. Some educators left to run their errands, take care of their kids or let out their pets, before returning to cast a ballot. In the [...]

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May
A dual language classroom in Minneapolis. Photo: Wikimedia.
¿Expandirá realmente el nuevo chárter De la Comunidad el acceso bilingüe para los estudiantes de Providence?
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En enero de 2026, una propuesta para una nueva escuela chárter que planea brindar instrucción en dos idiomas a más de 600 estudiantes de Providence, Cranston y Pawtucket obtuvo la aprobación preliminar del Consejo K-12 de la Junta de Educación de RI. La Escuela Bilingüe [...]

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Photo: Eric Halvarson.
Brown University Doubles Campus Police Presence After Mass Shooting. Have Mental Health Services Kept Up?
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This semester, Brown University doubled the number of school police officers assigned to each shift. The school also hired private guards from Allied Universal to bolster campus security. Even police vehicles from numerous cities patrol the streets around campus. A Brown spokesperson said this “enhanced [...]

06
Mar
From left to right: Lauro, Feinstein, and Lima.
Lima, Lauro and Feinstein: Remembering the Namesakes of These Schools and Their Immigrant Ancestors
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In 2026, there are about 50 public K-12 schools in Providence, including public charter schools.  More than half of them are named for notable people, predominantly men. If we remove the two national figures (RFK and MLK), and the five public or charter schools I’ve [...]

04
Mar
Emma Pendleton Bradley 1879-1907, aged five, painted by Paris-trained artist Ida Waugh (1846-1919) c. 1884, some two years before the child contracted encephalitis. Source: Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital.
George Bradley y su legado: “Primera preferencia para niños pobres y necesitados de Rhode Island”
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En su testamento, redactado poco antes de morir en 1906, el acaudalado residente de Providence George Lothrop Bradley creó un fideicomiso para establecer un hospital. Su motivación era personal: Emma Pendleton Bradley, su única hija, tenía siete años cuando contrajo encefalitis, una inflamación del cerebro. [...]

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Exterior rendering of Lima Stuart School PK-8. Photo:
¿Puede Providence permitirse mil millones de dólares para escuelas?
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El Departamento de Escuelas Públicas de Providence (PPSD) y la ciudad de Providence invertirán alrededor de mil millones de dólares, con unas pocas decenas de millones de dólares más o menos, para construir al menos 16 edificios escolares nuevos o prácticamente nuevos y renovar a [...]

26
Nov
Photo: Andrea Gutierrez.
Inaugural Winter All-Ages Swim Classes Make a Splash at Batastini Rec Center
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Tuesday night, Batastini Recreation Center is bustling with energy in the early evening hours. The building hosts after school activities with amenities that include basketball courts, a playground, and a swimming pool. The swimming pool is the busiest of the amenities on Tuesday and Thursday [...]

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Nov
Photo: Andrea Gutierrez.
La lotería de pre-kínder no satisface la necesidad en Providence
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Han pasado dos meses desde el inicio del año escolar y la hija de 4 años de Dina Quezada finalmente se está acostumbrando a despertarse una hora más temprano. Conoce a muchos de los niños de su clase y está familiarizada con las rutinas del [...]

05
Nov
The new Spaziano Elementary in the Hartford neighborhood. A new Spaziano Middle School is being built next door to ultimately form a PK-8 campus.
El ambicioso plan escolar resulta difícil de concretar
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Providence se encuentra a mitad de un plan de mejora de capital de una década destinado a reemplazar o renovar su antiguo y descuidado conjunto de edificios escolares públicos a condiciones “nuevas o casi nuevas”. Generaciones de estudiantes y familias, tanto actuales como pasadas, del [...]

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Oct