Providence Schools Found to Have Violated Civil Rights with Loan Program

Providence Schools Found to Have Violated Civil Rights with Loan Program

GoLocalProv News Team

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has completed its investigation and found that the Providence Public School Department (PPSD) violated the Civil Rights Act with $25,000 program exclusively for non-White educators.

With 16,000 on Waiting List, Prov. Council President Flips, Moves to Block Charter School Lease

With 16,000 on Waiting List, Prov. Council President Flips, Moves to Block Charter School Lease

GoLocalProv News Team

There are more than 16,000 families on the waiting list to gain access to charter schools in Rhode Island. Providence... Read More

Providence Metro Ranks Poorly for Most Educated Cities in America

Providence Metro Ranks Poorly for Most Educated Cities in America

GoLocalProv News Team

The Providence metro area ranks poorly in a study released this week that compares the education levels of cities across... Read More

Barrington Schools Superintendent Resigns After One Year

Barrington Schools Superintendent Resigns After One Year

GoLocalProv News Team

Barrrington’s Superintendent of Schools has resigned.  Read More

Maria Torres Named Providence Public School District’s 2025 Teacher of the Year

Maria Torres Named Providence Public School District’s 2025 Teacher of the Year

GoLocalProv News Team

Maria Torres from Leviton Dual Language School has been named Providence Public School District's 2025 Teacher of the... Read More

EDITORIAL: We Should Be Thankful for This Guy - Dennis Littky

EDITORIAL: We Should Be Thankful for This Guy - Dennis Littky

EDITORIAL

Dennis Littky shakes things up. He causes trouble and maybe even chaos. His trouble is legendary.  Read More

RICAS English Scores Down 20% in 5 Years, 2 out of 3 RI Students Aren’t Proficient in Math & Reading

RICAS English Scores Down 20% in 5 Years, 2 out of 3 RI Students Aren’t Proficient in Math & Reading

GoLocalProv News Team

The numbers are in, and they clearly show that Rhode Island students are performing worse on one of the two key testing... Read More

Whitcomb: Unionized College Players; Should We Expand RICAS; Office Building Conversions

Whitcomb: Unionized College Players; Should We Expand RICAS; Office Building Conversions

Robert Whitcomb, Columnist

Robert Whitcomb's weekly examination of everything that is important. Only Whitcomb offers such a collection of insights on... Read More

5 Insights Into the RICAS Testing Results - See All The Rankings

5 Insights Into the RICAS Testing Results - See All The Rankings

GoLocalProv News Team

State officials are trying to put the best spin on the RICAS scores released on Wednesday, but Rhode Island continues to... Read More

RI RICAS Scores Drop Below 2019 Levels — Five Things to Know

RI RICAS Scores Drop Below 2019 Levels — Five Things to Know

GoLocalProv News Team

The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) on Thursday announced the results of the state 2021 RICAS scores, and... Read More

Innovator Monteiro Receives $240K Foundation Grant to Support Education for Incarcerated

Innovator Monteiro Receives $240K Foundation Grant to Support Education for Incarcerated

GoLocal LIVE

James Monteiro, a leader creating innovative strategies to educate the incarcerated, told GoLocal about the recent national... Read More