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Principal of Newport’s Rogers High School placed on leave after alleged assault incident by students
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (261+ words) School officials in Newport have placed the principal of Rogers High School on leave for the remainder of the school year. The officials said during Principal Jared Vance's tenure, administrators did not sufficiently address "cultural issues" that ultimately "contributed" to…...
How should schools respond to climate change?
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (852+ words) Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I'm Megan Hall. Last year, the Annenberg Institute at Brown University launched a…...
Brown University holds emotional memorial service honoring murdered students
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (317+ words) Nine weeks after the deadly campus shooting at Brown, the campus is still in mourning. Brown University president Christina Paxson paid tribute Saturday to the two students killed when a gunman opened fire in the university's engineering building Dec. 13. "Ella…...
Warwick voters reject additional school construction bond
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (243+ words) Warwick voters on Tuesday rejected a $50 million bond issue to help pay for skyrocketing costs of building two new high schools. Voters approved a $350 million bond in 2022 to replace Toll Gate and Pilgrim High Schools. But Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi…...
Warwick voters to weigh in on additional $50 million bond for rising high school building costs
1+ week, 5+ day ago (370+ words) Voters in Warwick will head to the polls on Tuesday to determine whether the city should borrow an additional $50 million to cover the escalating costs of building two new high schools. Voters approved a $350 million bond in 2022 to replace Toll…...
Fewer students, higher costs: Why school regionalization is back on the table in Rhode Island
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (404+ words) As student enrollment in Rhode Island's public schools continues to decline, schools across the state are facing the prospect of closure in the coming years. Exeter State Rep. Megan Cotter says that should prompt towns across the state to cut…...
An Evening with Happy Land: Conversation, Community, and Classroom Ideas
2+ week, 6+ day ago (178+ words) An Evening with Happy Land: Conversation, Community, and Classroom Ideas'oceanstatemedia.org An Evening with Happy Land: Conversation, Community, and Classroom Ideas Thursday, Feb 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. Join Ocean State Media and RI Center for the Book for dinner, discussion & fresh ideas…...
A campus still healing
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (662+ words) Brown University students returned to classes for the first time on Wednesday since a Dec. 13 shooting that killed two students and injured nine. For many, going back to school posed a complicated mix of emotions: grief, anxiety, gratitude, and hope....
Is Rhode Island’s school funding system due for a major overhaul?
4+ week, 2+ day ago (317+ words) An expert commission is recommending Rhode Island dramatically overhaul how it funds K-12 education in order to better educational outcomes and catch up with neighboring states. The report released in early January by the Blue Ribbon Commission, organized by the Rhode…...
As budgets shrink, Rhode Island library workers struggle to ‘do more with less’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (527+ words) In recent years, budget cuts have forced many Rhode Island libraries to do more with less. A new study shows that these challenges are causing a serious crisis amongst librarians, many of whom are struggling with burnout, a lack of…...