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‘I’ve seen a lot,’ Calabro says as she exits the Providence public school district
The results of a new vote suggest many undergraduates lack faith in the school’s governing body
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A handful of schools are trying to lure back middle-income families
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Spending has so far exceeded the state’s other 2024 ballot questions
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With youths relying more on social media, guidance in the digital age has become more challenging
Katharine Bowers of Birchwood Middle School created composting and food waste reduction program
The 17 students may face sanctions for sleeping in their sukkah on a campus green space
Measure comes after vote to not divest the university’s endowment from companies students say perpetuate human rights abuses against Palestinians
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Dr. Peter M. Monti is the director of the Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation
Voters are considering whether to approve a $160.5 million bond that would go toward capital improvements at two the state’s higher education facilities
Scripts written by youths from William D’Abate Elementary School performed by professional actors
A university committee found that the school had no direct investments in the companies identified by pro-Palestine student activists
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School systems scrambling to gain more resources for high demand and diverse CTE programs
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New report found that UMass Dartmouth’s Star Store campus was developed through a “sham” procurement that awarded a lucrative lease to a developer chosen in advance
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The 85-page report, shared exclusively with NPR, took nearly a year-and-a-half to complete
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Rhode Island educator Roberto Gonzalez is working to reduce the gender gap in STEM fields
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Intern Nyjaeh Deburgo gives his perspective after shadowing staff during his 2024 spring term
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‘I see that they get so much more of a benefit being home than if they were in a public school’
Commissioner says insufficient progress has been made to return schools to local control
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Rhode Island PBS has been selected to extend the impact of Ready To Learn-funded early childhood educational resources through a partnership with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS
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Rhode Island PBS 2023 Summer Intern and aspiring journalist, Tara Monastesse, shares her educational journey to journalism.
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Gisele Esquivel, Early Childhood Education Specialist, highlights PBS resources available in Spanish, and shares her personal connection to PBS.
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Nell Connelly, 8th Grade ELA Teacher at Jamestown Schools, explains her daily student mental wellness check-in and the impact on her students - and now, the rest of the school.