RIDE Announces Child-Care and Adult Care Food Program Applications Are Available Tuesday, December 10, 2024 The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced that it is accepting applications from public and private institutions that would like to participate in the federally funded Child and Adult Care Food Program. ... Read article
White House Announces Rhode Island Will Be the First State in the Nation to Protect Students at K-12 Schools with Key Cybersecurity Tool Monday, December 09, 2024 State Officials Rally Schools Around the Use of a Free Federal Resource That Will Better Protect the Data and Systems Used by K-12 Public Schools Across the State ... Read article
State, City, and School Leaders Mark Groundbreaking of Woonsocket Elementary School Project Friday, December 06, 2024 New state-of-the-art facility to serve Woonsocket’s pre-k through 4th grade students, advancing Rhode Island’s historic commitment to school modernization ... Read article
RIDE Launches Partnership with Khan Academy to Support SAT Preparation, Student Success in Rhode Island High Schools Thursday, December 05, 2024 Opportunity aligns with MathMattersRI initiative and is available to all public school districts and charter schools with grades 9-12 in Rhode Island; program includes student supports, professional learning for educators, student progress tracking and more ... Read article
Rhode Island Department of Education Launches #AttendanceMattersRI Professional Learning Opportunity, Distributes 140,000 Magnetic Calendars Statewide to Encourage Consistent School Attendance Monday, November 25, 2024 New initiatives follow release of attendance and achievement visualization tools to support leaders in connecting data with explicit actions to improve attendance ... Read article
Three Rhode Island Teachers Receive 2024 Rhode Island STEAM Educator Award Friday, November 22, 2024 Annual award spotlights excellence in STEAM education throughout Rhode Island on the elementary, middle and high school levels ... Read article
Rhode Island Department of Education, Providence Public Schools, City of Providence Reach Agreement for Increased Municipal Funding for Schools Friday, November 22, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, the Rhode Island Department of Education, Providence Public School District (PPSD), and City of Providence announced that they have reached a set ... Read article
Providence Public Schools Will Exit Department of Justice Multilingual Learners Settlement Agreement Monitoring Wednesday, November 13, 2024 With the support of the State, PPSD will exit DOJ monitoring that was part of an agreement entered by City of Providence in 2018 for failure to properly serve multilingual learners ... Read article
RI Superior Court Ruling Affirms Providence Public Schools’ Right to Additional Funding from the City of Providence Friday, November 08, 2024 Ruling affirms Commissioner’s constitutional authority to withhold state funding for violation of Crowley Act ... Read article
Rhode Island Department of Education Awards $5 Million in ARTS Initiative - Act II Grants Friday, November 01, 2024 Funding to bolster arts programming and professional development will benefit 52 local education agencies ... Read article