An announcement for a successor to Rhode Island’s education commissioner, Ken Wagner, is expected in the coming weeks, as state officials focus renewed attention on the need to improve the state’s perennially under-performing public schools, The Public’s Radio has learned.
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RIC To Launch 24/7 Mental Health Phone Line
This spring, Rhode Island College is set to launch a mental health phone line that will provide 24/7 support to students. RIC President Frank Sánchez said the service will help students in crisis, who don’t have time to schedule an appointment two weeks out. Reporter Sofia Rudin has more.
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Want To Get In On The Marijuana Industry? Take This Class
Students at the University of Connecticut will soon have the opportunity to learn the science behind growing marijuana. In one of the first courses of its kind in the country, UConn will offer a class this semester called “Horticulture of Cannabis: From Seed to Harvest” Plant science professor Gerry Berkowitz says students are interested in academic […]
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CCRI Moves Ahead With Winter Term, Despite Faculty Opposition
A new winter term at the Community College of Rhode Island will happen as scheduled. But as John Bender reports, the term has become a point of contention between CCRI professors and administrators.
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UMass Dartmouth Expanding With New Construction
UMass Dartmouth broke ground today on a major expansion. The school is adding housing and dining facilities to accommodate hundreds of students. Chancellor Robert Johnson said the construction project will update aging buildings, which no longer fit the university’s growing student body. “Our freshman residence halls were built back in the 70s so they are […]
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Reading, Math Proficiency Remain Low For RI Students
About one-third of Rhode Island elementary and middle school students are proficient in reading and a little more than a quarter are proficient in math. Those are the results of new standardized testing in Rhode Island public schools.
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Lawsuit: Dartmouth Failed to Prevent Harassment, Sexual Assault in Psychology Department For Years
Seven current and former students in Dartmouth’s Psychological and Brain Sciences Department are suing the school. The lawsuit describes an environment of heavy drinking where female students were regularly berated, assaulted and … in some cases… raped.
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Sandy Hook Shooter’s Personal Items To Be Made Public By Connecticut State Police
Items belonging to Sandy Hook School Shooter Adam Lanza – including spreadsheets and violent writings – will have to be released by the Connecticut State Police, after a ruling in the state Supreme Court. The Court ruled 5-0 Tuesday that Lanza’s belongings would have to be provided to The Hartford Courant, after reporter Dave Altimari requested […]
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‘Not Going Anywhere’: Hartford Youth Group Finds Voice In Fight Against Gun Violence
Gunfire brought chaos to the West Indian Day Parade in Hartford a decade ago. Some parade goers assumed fireworks — until they saw a kid on the ground. His head was soaked with blood. “All I remember is just running,” Tyrek Marquez, 17, said on a recent morning. “Then after that, it was blank.” The […]
