Masks became optional March 7 for most school districts in Rhode Island after Governor Dan McKee lifted indoor masking requirements in schools, The Herald previously reported. The mandate applies to all districts except Providence Public School District, the largest district in the state, and Central ...
On Feb. 2, the Climate Literacy Act was introduced in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Bill H7275 proposes that K-12 students receive education on climate change "and understand key environmental, climate and sustainability principles," according to the text of the legislation. The ...
The anticipated completion date for goals set after the 2019 state takeover of the Providence Public School District, which include meeting specific test score thresholds and attendance levels in the district, has been pushed by two years until the 2026-27 school year, R.I. Education Commissioner ...
On March 1, State Sen. Bridget Valverde and nine other senators introduced the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act, which would allow state employees and Medicaid recipients to use their insurance to cover the cost of abortions. ...
A school resource officer allegedly physically assaulted 16-year-old Mount Pleasant high school student Jay-Juan Guillen-Watson Feb. 1, according to a live video posted on Facebook by the boy’s mother, Evelyn Guillen Rincón.
Luis Muñoz, a Democratic candidate for governor of Rhode Island, spoke at a meet-and-greet event hosted by the Brown Democrats Tuesday night. With a crowd of about a dozen, Muñoz discussed his positions on health care, economic development and education — among a number of other issues — ...
In January, a group of seven state representatives introduced a bill to ban custodial sexual assault, which is sexual conduct between “peace officers” and people who are in their custody or who are detained. The bill was held for further study Feb. 10, with advocates hoping it will be passed ...
Climate Jobs Rhode Island, The Worker Institute at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and other organizations have collaborated to address how the state's climate goals and the labor movement intersect. A year of research culminated in the report “Building a Just Transition for ...
The Providence Public School District currently has 129 teacher vacancies, according to Maribeth Calabro, president of the Providence Teachers Union. These vacancies have been caused by various factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, curriculum and certification requirements.
Five blocks east of Thayer sits Ives Street, a calm stretch filled with a variety of small businesses and eateries. While Ives is farther from the University’s central campus, it is still known as a popular place in the community to shop and eat. The Herald spoke to four business owners on Ives ...
Nearly two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with public health conditions still changing, businesses on Westminster Street in downtown Providence have persevered, in part because of rallying support for local shops, owners say. Even when Rhode Island had the highest COVID-19 ...
Rhode Island residents and students gathered outside Providence City Hall to protest policing in public schools Monday afternoon. The protest was organized in support of Mount Pleasant High School student Jay-Juan Guillen-Watson, who was assaulted and arrested by a school resource officer earlier ...
Members of the neo-Nazi group NSC-131 disrupted a reading of “The Communist Manifesto” at the Red Ink Community Library in the Mount Hope neighborhood of Providence Feb. 21, banging on windows and screaming at attendees inside the building.
Almost every Saturday at 6:40 a.m., the women’s gymnastics team boards two vans and drives 20 minutes away from campus to the Ocean State School of Gymnastics Center in Lincoln, RI, to gain access to what most of the gymnasts had previously as level 10, Junior Olympic gymnasts: soft landings. ...
As Black History Month comes to a close, community service and education organizations throughout Providence and Rhode Island have held several events to celebrate and continue advocacy efforts for the Black community. The Herald spoke to five organizations about how they commemorated the month. ...
In a Feb. 24 webinar hosted by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America in partnership with the Providence Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, journalist Bankole Thompson discussed the role of major institutions in addressing racial inequalities. ...
This semester, CSCI 0200: “Program Design with Data Structures and Algorithms” was introduced as the new final course in the Department of Computer Science's undergraduate introductory sequence. In previous years, students could choose between two alternate courses — CSCI 0160: “Introduction ...
Lifespan and Care New England withdrew their application to merge into one integrated health system Feb. 23 after Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha and the Federal Trade Commission decided to file a lawsuit to block the merger last week. The merged entity would have owned 80% of the state’s ...
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to rule on a first-of-its-kind complaint filed last month, which alleges that a Providence lead pipe replacement program violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act. ...
On Feb. 9 Gov. Dan McKee announced his plan to lift indoor masking requirements in Rhode Island schools on March 4 and allow masking policies for restaurants and businesses to be determined at the local level beginning Feb. 11, The Herald
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