Expectations are like sand castles at Scarborough Beach. Threatened by waves and tides, here now but probably gone later. And then rebuilt. So it is…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Of Religion And The Forgotten Anniversary Of JFK’s Murder
A divisive election and Rhode Island’s legacy of organized crime have gotten lots of media attention lately. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay…
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Bryant U. Poll Shows RI Bond Spending Issues Favored By Voters
Rhode Island voters support all five spending bond issues on the November general election ballot but do not think the state is headed in the right…
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Governor Sets Ambitious Target For Improving Reading Scores
By 2025, 75 percent of Rhode Island’s third graders will be “proficient or better” in reading, according to the goal announced Wednesday by Gov. Gina…
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RI Program Aimed At Reducing Recidivism Shows Encouraging Results
The program is called Nine Yards, as in the “whole nine yards,” and offers inmates with felony convictions workforce training and counseling while still…
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RI Drops Standardized Testing For 10th & 11th Graders
The Rhode Island Department of Education has announced a new testing policy that should come as welcome news for many high school students. Under the…
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For RI Students Fluent In A Second Language, Recognition On Their High School Diploma
Central Falls High School has just graduated more than a dozen seniors who are the first in Rhode Island to receive special recognition for speaking…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: College Commencement Season And Student Debt
It’s college graduation season, a time of family and school pride. But RIPR Political Analyst Scott MacKay points out why this year’s grads also face some anxiety. ‘Tis the time of Lilacs, caps and gowns and the symphony of morning birdsong spilling though the bedroom window. Proud parents mingle with bored siblings taking selfies of platitude-filled […]
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This I Believe Rhode Island: Caution
Most of us find that our perspectives change as we age. What was once a relatively trivial concern in our lives may begin to take on great meaning, or…
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Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Addresses 2016 URI Grads
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was in the Ocean State Sunday to deliver the commencement address at this year’s the University of Rhode…