Close (Wildlife) Encounter — Eco News RI
My two spoiled cats were sitting on our laps for TV time per usual. We…
Julia SteinyJune 18, 2025
A time-tested reading curriculum all Rhode Island schools should get behind
Kerry-Ann Edmondson, known as ‘Miss Kerry’ to her first-grade students at the Compass School, a…
Julia SteinyJune 18, 2025
Memo to public charter schools looking to unionize: Be careful what you wish for.
The Paul Cuffee Lower School on Promenade Street in Providence. Teachers at the school voted…
Julia SteinyMay 28, 2025
Providence public schools need to get priorities in order. These three bills show how to do it.
The school library at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School on the East Side…
Julia SteinyApril 22, 2025
How Cumberland schools keep winning National Blue Ribbons
Amy Parent, a teacher at Garvin Memorial Elementary School in Cumberland, engages her second graders…
Julia SteinyMarch 11, 2025
A funny thing happened on the way to closing the U.S. Department of Education
Penny Schwinn’s work in high-level administrative posts in Tennessee and elsewhere has infuriated both the…
Julia SteinyFebruary 7, 2025
R.I. student transportation costs are bigger’n Dallas. A study commission can fix that.
Buses owned by First Student are seen parked at the company’s Warren bus yard. (Ken…
Julia SteinyJanuary 14, 2025
Uphill both ways: Sizing up the work awaiting a hybrid Providence School Board
An August 2024 meeting of the Providence School Board. (Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current) Teachers union…
Julia SteinyDecember 10, 2024
End of MCAS graduation requirement is not the way R.I. should want to close achievement gap
The Class of 2024 marches onto the athletic field for the graduation ceremony at Sharon…
Julia SteinyOctober 30, 2024
Legacy laws are hurting Providence public school students. Question 1 offers a solution
An assembler works on the production line at a Ford car factory in 1950. Labor…
Julia SteinyOctober 21, 2024