With less than two months left in the current contract for University of RI President David Dooley, URI’s new Board of Trustees is pursuing negotiations with Dooley for what may be a temporary contract extension. Dooley’s current three-year contact, which expires July 1, was listed as a discussion item for a closed executive session during […]
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Parents fear special education will lose ground when schools reopen
When COVID-19 first forced schools to shut down in March, parents of special education students worried distance learning would not work for their children. And for many, it hasn’t.
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Rhode Island schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year
The decision dashes the hopes of students, parents and teachers who had hoped to return to the buildings and a sense of normalcy.
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A month into distance learning, hundreds still have trouble logging on
At least 500 students across Rhode Island still don’t have the technology to access online classes needed for distance learning, according to estimates from the state Department of Education. There’s a new effort to close that gap. For nearly a month, students and teachers have been working on classes through email, video conferences, and websites. […]
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Schools search remotely for absent at-risk kids
When Rhode Island schools closed last month, each school had to quickly come up with its own plan for “distance learning” for their students. Three weeks into the shutdown, those schools are now scrambling to come up with ways to keep kids in school and find the ones who are already disappearing.
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Distance Learning Challenges Are About More Than Technology
Schools in Rhode Island will remain closed through April to contain the spread of the coronavirus. This is the beginning of the second week of wide-scale online learning for public schools. State officials say the experiment is working, but teachers and parents say not for everyone. And the challenges go far beyond whether all students have access to the internet.
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Rhode Island Schools Closed Through April
All K-12 schools in the state will remain closed until at least May 1, Governor Gina Raimondo announced Monday. Rhode Island schools were closed two weeks ago to stem the spread of COVID-19.
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Making The Most Of Distance Learning
Rhode Island children are learning from home, as schools remain closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Reporter Joe Tasca recently spoke with Westerly town councilor Suzanne Giorno about what she’s doing to make the adjustment easier for her two kids.
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Teachers Scale The ‘Learning Curve’ Of Online Classes
This is the largest experiment in online learning Rhode Island schools have ever taken on, and there are a lot of concerns. That shows just how much of a community resource some schools become in most cities and towns. Getting kids laptops and the internet, getting special education services, and connecting with students, have been just a few of the challenges.
Two teachers shared their initial experiences with the Public’s Radio.
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Online School Begins In RI, But Not For Every Student
On Monday, Rhode Island embarks on an unprecedented experiment for public school students from kindergarten through high school. With schools closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus for at least two weeks, students are beginning what the state calls “distance learning.” For some students, that means online classes. But for many, it doesn’t. One […]
