Some students in Cranston will be heading back into classrooms. The Cranston School Committee voted Wednesday night for grades two through eight to join kindergarten and first grade for full in-person learning. That would start next week. However,...
Students at Bryant University in Smithfield head back to the classroom Tuesday for thespring semester. University President Ross Gittell acknowledged that the school had some issues preventing the coronavirus from entering campus last semester.
A vote in Pawtucket is expected Tuesday about whether students should return to in-person learning. Many parents say it's time for their kids to get back to class. Pawtucket is the only district in Rhode Island to have full remote...
As the state of Rhode Island pushes to recruit more substitute teachers, the NBC 10 I-Team has learned some willing to step up are hitting roadblocks. The Department of Education hired the Highlander Institute in October to create a course,...
Surveillance testing kicked off in some Rhode Island schools Monday. All 40 students at LaPerche Elementary School in Smithfield who received a rapid test tested negative, Superintendent Judy Paolucci said. "We want to catch cases quickly and so the only...
More than 100 teachers' unions voted "no confidence" in Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Massachusetts Teachers Association announced Tuesday. The unions cited issues with Riley's performance during the coronavirus pandemic, including "lack...
Providence public schools will shift to distance learning the week leading into winter break. Students will learn remotely Dec. 21, 22 and 23, the district announced. “When school resumes in early January, the district will continue to follow a distance...
As school districts grapple with technical issues during distance learning, many were hit on Monday with another setback: a massive Google outage just before classes began. The web giant cited an "internal storage quota issue" that took services such as...
