Details of the impending state takeover of the Providence School District are expected this week. State education commissioner Angelica Infante-Green is expected to release a final order for the takeover, which will lay out a timeline for stripping the city of the power to run the public school district. What specific functions the city will […]
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John Bender was the general assignment reporter for The Public's Radio for several years. He is now a fill-in host when our regular hosts are out.
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Local Leaders Celebrate Hispanic Heritage With PVD Middle School Students
Eighth graders at DelSesto Middle School in Providence celebrated Hispanic Heritage month this week with an assembly of high-profile Latino leaders – including city Mayor Jorge Elorza. At a cafeteria assembly, around 100 eighth graders heard from Elorza and others, including Marcela Betancur, director of the Latino Policy Institute who emigrated from Colombia to the […]
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At PVD School Board Meeting, No Mention Of State Takeover
The Providence School Board will be under the control of the state when it officially takes over the district soon. The meeting Wednesday was likely the last before the change, and it was business as usual. The Providence School Board does a lot: sweeping district-wide policy recommendations, budget reviews, the approval of new school administrators. […]
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Infante-Green Working To Include Parents In PVD Schools Takeover
The first timeline for the state takeover of the Providence School District is expected to be released this week. The takeover is an unprecedented move, announced late last summer after a searingly critical report was released on the district’s problems.
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SAT Scores Show English Language Learners Far Behind
Most 11th grade students who took the SATs in Rhode Island and speak English as a second language, aren’t considered “college or career ready,” according to scores released this week In both math and English, only 2 percent of all multilingual learners in the state scored high enough on the SATs last year to meet or […]
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Providence’s Teacher Shortage – Tell Us Your Story
One of the biggest problems the state expects to face when it takes over the Providence Public School District this month is the chronic teacher shortage. On the first day of school, 170 classrooms had no full-time teacher. Sixty-five of them didn’t even have a substitute. Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green wants to spend […]
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With State Takeover Looming, PVD Schools Face An Immediate Need: More Teachers
One of the biggest problems the state expects to face when it takes over the Providence School District this month is the chronic teacher shortage. It’s a national issue, and local education leaders say the problem here is getting worse.
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Flavored E-Cigarette Ban Announced For Rhode Island
Rhode Island is temporarily banning certain flavored vaping products and e-cigarettes. This comes one day after Massachusetts announced a total ban on such products.
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Ed Commissioner Planning $1M Teacher Recruitment Campaign
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green wants to spend $1 million to address a teacher shortage across the state.
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Hundreds Join Climate Change Demonstration In Providence
People in Providence joined thousands of young people across the globe, in demonstrations demanding government action on climate change. Students, parents and a few teachers gathered downtown before marching toward National Grid offices, then to the statehouse. Protesters demanded government action to stem climate change, and the adoption of the Green New Deal. The students […]