Published Online: March 19, 2012
Hagerstown, Md.
The last straw for 17-year-old Alton Burke was a note left on his door. The high school dropout picked up the phone and re-enrolled at South Hagerstown High.
Burke missed roughly 200 days of class, …
Published Online: March 2, 2012
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island College has been picked as one of six institutions around the nation to help teachers create lesson plans about the Holocaust.
The college will host workshops with educators an…
Published Online: March 1, 2012
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island state Rep. Jon Brien said Thursday that a law requiring school officials to issue layoff notices to teachers before they know how many may be terminated is causing great uncert…
Continue Reading →CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island public school committee on Thursday voted not to appeal a federal court decision ordering the removal of a prayer banner displayed in a high school.
The Cranston School Committee cast the 5-2 vote at a public h…
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley stressed the link between education and job creation in his Feb. 1 State of the State speech in Annapolis.
—Steve Ruark/AP
Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.
ILLINOIS
Gov. P…
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley stressed the link between education and job creation in his Feb. 1 State of the State speech in Annapolis.
—Steve Ruark/AP
Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.
ILLINOIS
Gov. P…
For Rhode Island, size doesn’t matter. It is a smallest state in US by area but the offerings are abundant – from urban excitement and rural tranquility, to sandy beaches and 2,300 acres of magnificent parks.
One of most popular nicknames of the Rhode Island is the Ocean State, but because of its small size, [...]
Continue Reading →Published Online: August 29, 2011
Published in Print: August 31, 2011, as After-School Programs
Report Roundup
A new study shows that middle school students enrolled in a citywide after-school program in Providence, R.I., had better school atten…
Continue Reading →Christian Crank, 6, works on his reading skills at Silver Spring Elementary School in East Providence, R.I. The district enlisted a local psychiatric hospital to keep special education students like Chris in regular district schools.
—Gretchen Ertl…
Thomas Brady, a retired Army colonel and graduate of the Broad Foundation-sponsored superintendents academy, said he will step down as chief of the 23,700-student Providence, R.I., school district by summer. He did not give a reason for leaving after…
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