1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (578+ words) JOHNSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Despite a major overhaul of Johnston’s bus routes, students still seem to be facing delays, inconsistencies and overcrowding during their commutes to and from school. 12 News received dozens of calls from parents on Tuesday expressing frustration as busing…...

9+ hour, 19+ min ago   (492+ words) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The R.I. Ethics Commission voted Tuesday to dismiss a complaint against Senate President Val Lawson over votes she took on education- and union-related legislation. Lawson, D-East Providence, is also the president of National Education Association Rhode Island teachers…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (307+ words) JOHNSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Johnston Superintendent Scott Sutherland is responding to parents’ concerns after a rocky start to the school year with its busing system. In a letter sent to families Sunday, Sutherland explained that the district directed Zum — its new school…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (689+ words) Zum Services buses at the yard in Johnston on Aug. 26, 2026. (Kysha Hancock/WPRI-TV) JOHNSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Johnston Public Schools has made significant changes to the district’s bus routes following last week’s rocky start to the school year. In a letter sent…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (512+ words) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Providence Public School District head of operations has resigned less than a week before the new school year begins, but officials say the departure will not disrupt the start of classes. Zack Scott, deputy superintendent of operations,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (877+ words) Three years later, after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist, Arday, 41, was found dead on Friday at his apartment in south London. His death quickly led to a blame game. Cambridge has been…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (908+ words) When Howard administrators informed Clark — and hundreds of others — that she was permanently unenrolled for missing a tuition fee deadline, she rode a bus from Cleveland, Ohio, to plea with administrators. She left in tears. “I didn’t just lose my…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (401+ words) In an opinion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court of Virginia, Judge Michael F. Urbanski said the school board in Shenandoah County violated Black students’ rights under the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, which forbids racial discrimination in state-supported institutions. The decision also…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (288+ words) The agreement was announced Thursday on the first day of classes for Bossier Parish Schools near Shreveport. “Dismissal of the case allows us the freedom to make our own decisions that are in the best interest of all students, staff…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (302+ words) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley joined 12 News at 4 Wednesday to discuss the upcoming school year and his reelection campaign. With students set to return to the classroom in less than a month, Smiley reassured families that they should not…...