On Tuesday night, youth teams pitched their social enterprise ideas at the Young Social Innovators Pitch and Graduation Ceremony at the MET School’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in hopes of winning $1,000 in seed funding. more

Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee has been named to the National Governors Association Education and Workforce Committee by NGA Chair, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell and NGA vice chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin. more

In a frank discussion of the education and skills gap facing Rhode Island’s workforce, participants in the Providence Business News Employers & Education Summit laid out competing visions of the road to success. more

Providence’s Classical High School and East Greenwich High School made Newsweek Magazine’s annual list of the top 1,000 high schools in the country. more

AS220 Youth – the arts collaborative’s free arts education program for at-risk teens – has won a 2012 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, AS220 announced Friday. more

The U.S. Department of Labor announced nearly $12 million in grants to states to improve the quality of workforce data, including a $1 million award to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. more

Two Rhode Island teachers have been labeled as “Math Heroes” by Raytheon Co.’s MathMovesU Math Heroes Awards. more

The R.I. Board of Regents for elementary and secondary education voted to renew the charter for Providence-based charter public high school the Academy for Career Exploration. more

Rhode Island’s scores on the New England Common Assessment Program science tests rose at all grade levels, marking the fourth consecutive year statewide proficiency rates improved, the R.I. Department of Education announced Thursday. more

Over 150 supporters of the Academy for Career Exploration met at the school Tuesday night to discuss how best to defend their school from potential closure recommended by the R.I. Department of Education. more