A group of parents wants Rhode Island to require recess as part of the school day. The parents are organizing to make their case at a public hearing…
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Letter Questions RIC President’s Leadership
A group of Rhode Island College faculty and staff has sent a strongly-worded letter to state officials, warning that college President Nancy Carriuolo…
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TGIF: 19 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
After a mid-November slowdown, politics near and far remains roiled by fallout from the Paris attacks. Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column….
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Wondering Why As The College Football Regular Season Winds Down
Another college football season is winding down, and I’m wondering why this new Division I playoff system has me feeling the old way might have been…
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HPV Vaccination Rates 72%; Religious Exemptions Up
About 72% of seventh graders got the HPV vaccination, according to preliminary data from the state health department. The HPV vaccine was a new…
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Treasurer Magaziner Switches Up CollegeBound Fund Management
Two new firms will be taking over the management of the state’s $7 billion CollegeBound fund. The fund was created in 1998 to help Rhode Islanders save…
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PARCC: How RI Measures Up
Now that we have results from the first year of a new standardized test, designed specifically to measure progress on the Common Core, it is…
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Cianci Portrait To Be Unveiled at City Hall Thursday
Buddy Cianci’s mayoral portrait is scheduled to be unveiled Thursday evening at Providence City Hall with a reception to follow at the Roma restaurant…
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Wagner: We Have Much More Work To Do
Rhode Island has more work to do to improve public schools. That’s according to State Education Commissioner Ken Wagner, responding to test scores from…
