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Chalk Talk: Norwalk schools focus on equity for all to create 'excellence' and 'grow champions'
Chalk Talk: Norwalk schools focus on equity for all to create 'excellence' and 'grow champions'

In a diverse school district like Norwalk, excellence and equity are closely linked.

HEAD OF THE CLASS: Programs designed to attract more people to teaching
HEAD OF THE CLASS: Programs designed to attract more people to teaching

Kyisha Threats walks the halls of Providence’s DelSesto Middle School, where she’s worked as a teacher for the last seven years, saying good morning to everyone she sees.

Newport schools superintendent is ready for the challenges and possibilities of a new school year
Newport schools superintendent is ready for the challenges and possibilities of a new school year

Newport schools superintendent is ready for the challenges and possibilities of a new school year

R.I. Foundation awards grants to improve student performance
R.I. Foundation awards grants to improve student performance

R.I. Foundation awards grants to improve student performance

RI Foundation Awards $300,000 to Newport Schools
RI Foundation Awards $300,000 to Newport Schools

The Rhode Island Foundation announced on June 30 that it has awarded nearly $1.2 million in grants to improve student performance in four school districts, including Newport.

Creating Equity to Improve Education with Carlon Howard
Creating Equity to Improve Education with Carlon Howard

Imagine being at a school where 80% of the students look like you…but you’re the only one like you who is in the honors and advanced classes.

“TA to BA” Program Is Successful As Tool for Teacher Hiring
“TA to BA” Program Is Successful As Tool for Teacher Hiring

A cutting edge program to usher Teaching Assistants and others into k-12 teaching careers is seeing great success just two years in, and just in time as districts across the county experience teacher shortages.

‘Untapped Talent’: TA to BA Teacher Prep Program Scales Six-Fold Amid Shortages
‘Untapped Talent’: TA to BA Teacher Prep Program Scales Six-Fold Amid Shortages

Two years in, fellowship training teaching assistants into lead teachers expands to new cities and “grow-your-own” programs are taking hold nationwide.

Why New England school districts are struggling to retain diverse teachers
Why New England school districts are struggling to retain diverse teachers

Teachers of color point to low wages, little institutional support, and a lack of commitment to diversity efforts

High-poverty K-12 RI public school districts get less funding than wealthy ones, report shows
High-poverty K-12 RI public school districts get less funding than wealthy ones, report shows

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A newly released report shows high-poverty Rhode Island K-12 public school districts receive less money than their wealthier peers, a trend that’s been happening for more than a decade.

Howard: Want to Create a More Diverse Teacher Workforce? Start With the Dedicated Professionals Already Working in Schools
Howard: Want to Create a More Diverse Teacher Workforce? Start With the Dedicated Professionals Already Working in Schools

Ten years ago, I would have never imagined becoming an educator, let alone even considered a career in education.

‘They Created a Space For People Like Myself’: How an Online Community of Rhode Island Educators of Color Supported Each Other Through the Pandemic
‘They Created a Space For People Like Myself’: How an Online Community of Rhode Island Educators of Color Supported Each Other Through the Pandemic

Although navigating school during a global pandemic presented new challenges for almost all K-12 staff nationwide, some educators, like Jeffrey Wright of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, faced an additional difficulty that many others did not.