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At the Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich, Jonathan M. Schoenwald, head of school, is looking forward to the September session. That’s because the school will try a new program, issuing iPads to its middle school children. The private institution already has 30 iPads available to its students, from preschool to fifth grade that were shared between the classes as part of a trial run from last year. “We’ve adopted the use of the iPad wholeheartedly. We’re starting [out with middle school this year] but that’s almost 80 students,” he said. “That’s a pretty big commitment.”
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By Michael Souza |
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College-preparedness programs here are working to engage students but need to be expanded, according to a new study that gives voice to those most affected by the issue – Rhode Island students from families with low incomes.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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(Updated, 6 p.m.)
Nonprofit education management organization United Providence!, which is designed to manage the turnaround process in Providence’s lowest-performing schools, will officially launch Tuesday with an event at the R.I. Convention Center.
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By PBN Staff
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Candida Desjardins, educational outreach program manager at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, talks about the center’s science and technology outreach programs.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Suzanne Fogarty has been appointed the 16th head of the Lincoln School, an independent college preparatory school for girls, effective July 1, 2014.
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By PBN Staff
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The findings of the 2013 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook released Monday at a policy breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick revealed a growing income gap between the richest and poorest families.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Vittoria Pacifico-DeBenedictis was recently appointed president of St. Mary Academy-Bay View, a Catholic school for girls in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in East Providence. For the past 11 years, she has served as principal of St. Francis of Assisi School in Braintree, Mass. Pacifico-DeBenedictis holds a master’s degree in school administration from Emmanuel College and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
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8/6/12
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Before the individual mandate is ever enforced or insurance exchanges established, the federal health care reform law that’s roiled the nation may fundamentally change the way Rhode Islanders with cognitive disabilities and Alzheimer’s disease are treated.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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PROVIDENCE – Brown University is launching its first executive-education program, an executive master of health care leadership, to begin in August 2013.
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7/16/12
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