Keyword: education
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Senate plans education summit April 22 at CCRI Knight Campus
On Monday, April 22, Education Committee Chairwoman Sandra Cano and Senate President Pro Tempore Hanna Gallo will host the Senate Education Summit from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Community College of … more
If only there was a chance to laugh at the bridge
STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode … more
WAVE TEAM: WAVE employees Debra Baribault, Marie Morrell and Georgette Shamoun who visited financial literacy classes prior to the fair were on hand to assist students.
Preparing for the RW
Wave Federal Credit Union held its 13th annual CU 4 Reality™ Financial Education Fair Wednesday, Dec. 13 at the Toll Gate High School cafeteria. The fair, during which students draft a monthly … more
GETTING PERSONAL: Parent Savanna Noe talks about how Head Start has helped her children throughout the struggles that they have faced and prepared them for schooling.
Child care educators get some help with their own children
State officials and early childhood educators alike packed Little Learners Academy on Centreville Road November 1 to celebrate the Child Care for Child Care Educators pilot program. In total, … more
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SOME PARTY: Family members came from across the country to celebrate Frank Fielding’s 98th birthday on July 26. (Photo courtesy of the Fielding family)
‘It was my education’
Frank Fielding turned 98 on the 26th of July, celebrating with his wife, 7 children, 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.  While sitting on a screened porch with his wife and overlooking … more
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Special education group recognizes Dr. Leslie Brow for her leadership
Dr. Leslie Brow was recently named the recipient of the Association of Rhode Island Administrators of Special Education (ARIASE)  2023 Administrator of Special Education Award. The annual … more
MOM AND DAD WERE THERE: When Madison Carlson and her brother Brayden arrived at Hoxsie School for the first day of the academic year, their parents Amanda and Chris were there to greet them.
Hot, but smooth start to schools
It was a hot start for Warwick schools Tuesday unless it was Sherman, Warwick Neck and one of the schools with HVAC systems. “It’s very toasty,” said School Committee member … more
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DENOUNCING A DOWNSCALE: Congressman Seth Magaziner watches as Michelle Wolstenholme, CEO of CHILD, Inc., talks about the importance of funding for the nonprofit organization. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Magaziner visits CHILD, Inc., vows to protect education funding
Rhode Island Second District Congressman Seth Magaziner visited CHILD, Inc. in West Warwick Tuesday to voice his strong opposition to House Republicans’ proposed education budget. The … more
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RI active toastmasters install club officers
On Monday evening June 19, 2023, Rhode Island Active Toastmaster’s held their officer elections during their June meeting, for the upcoming Toastmaster’s year starting on July 1st and … more
St. Peter School students earn trimester honors
St. Peter School recently posted its third trimester honor roll for students grade 6 to 8. Earning high honors in Grade six were Cayden Dos Santos, Ella Esteves, Francis Jepson and Siera Nardozza. … more
We have an opportunity to redefine education
By Michael Broschart, Executive Director, Teach For America Rhode Island and Lee Lewis, President, Junior Achievement of Rhode Island Coming out of the pandemic, we find ourselves at a turning … more
An educational balancing act
D esigning a curricula that is the right combination of challenging, engaging, and well-rounded is far from an easy task for those at the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE). Regardless, … more
Target: 70% of RI workers with higher education
By ARDEN BASTIA Former Gov. Gina Raimondo set a lofty goal - get 70 percent of the state's working-age population to hold a postsecondary degree or equivalent credentials by 2025. Dr. Shannon Gilkey, the state's new commissioner of postsecondary more
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RI must commit to improved student outcomes
By MICHAEL DiBIASE K-12 education is fundamental to the state's ability to compete and provide economic opportunities to all Rhode Islanders. There is a compelling need to improve our K-12 system, which has only average student outcomes overall, and poor more
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One of highest priorities should be helping students make up for lost ground
By SETH MAGAZINER A year before Destiny became one of my fourth-grade students, she watched out her front window as the lifeless body of a neighbor was wheeled out of his home following a drive-by shooting. Not long after that Hurricane Katrina hit her more
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Governor Daniel McKee
McKee is right, but he has it backward
By JOSEPH H. CROWLEY Recently, Gov. McGee was quoted in the Providence Journal. Gov. McGee is absolutely right in his quote, "Now is the time to focus on creating more high quality educational opportunities for all students, not fewer." Unfortunately, more
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With focus on education, workforce development, BankRI gives $71,500 to 21 organizations
As the state cautiously emerges from the pandemic in the coming months, Bank Rhode Island (BankRI) has sent $71,500 in funding to local nonprofits. In total, 21 organizations have been awarded grants, including those whose work supports youth education, more
AT BRIEFING: Gov. McKee addresses questions at last Thursday’s weekly COVID-19 press conference.
Education is McKee's 'North Star'
By JOHN HOWELL What's Dan McKee all about? Tom Ward, who has closely followed McKee since the new governor was a Cumberland Town Council member and worked in his family home heating oil business, used the word "moderate" more than once as he spoke to the more
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Charter school expansion would leave most children behind
By SANDRA CANO and ANA B. QUEZADA Providing access to a quality public education is a primary responsibility of policymakers and elected officials. All children are entitled to a quality education no matter their race, socioeconomic status, or zip code. more
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Leveling the educational playing field in RI
To the Editor: While many Rhode Island students have adequately weathered the storm of school interruptions of this past year, some of the most vulnerable students have not. The current educational uncertainties, coupled with the ongoing pandemic, have more
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