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Coaches help new teachers settle in
When Buddy Comet, a Rhode Island teacher, finally got into his first classroom after earning his master’s degree in education at Rhode Island College, he found that all the learning and training he had didn’t quite prepare him for the reality of classroom life. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 1/21/13

Chafee’s budget keeps nursing-school project alive
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s inclusion in his state budget for next year of $500,000 to design a new downtown Providence advanced-nursing school was done without fanfare. The provision wasn’t even included in his published budget highlights or his state-of-the-state address. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 2/4/13

Workers not speaking the languages firms need
For Brown University professor Patricia Sobral, explaining the career-related benefits of being bilingual is quite simple. more
The case against more job security? It’s academic
In the U.S., “middle class” is not just an income category. It’s a cultural norm. more
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Virginia Postrel | 9/24/12
Students building skills in R.I. marine trades
If you pay them, they will come – to the International Yacht Restoration School’s Summer Work & Learn program, that is. more
Jennifer Parkhurst
Age: 36 more
7/23/12
NEIT offering freeze for early enrollment
EAST GREENWICH – The New England Institute of Technology is offering a tuition freeze to all individuals who enroll by Dec. 31, Seth Kurn, executive vice president at the school, announced this month. This will mark the 30th consecutive year the institution has offered the tuition freeze. more
11/19/12
Summer training and the hiring is easy
Amidst all the public gnashing of teeth over the workplace “skills gap,” one large employer has taken solving the problem into its own hands. And it might just be a model that more companies could emulate. more
9/10/12
RIMTA outlines plans for GWB grant money
The R.I. Marine Trades Association has outlined its plans for the $142,788 grant it received from the Governor’s Workforce Board earlier this month. more
| 3/29/13
Since Jan., Workforce Board awards $65K ‘express grants’
The Governor’s Workforce Board has since January awarded approximately $65,000 in “express grants” to 15 Rhode Island companies to improve worker skills, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced Thursday. more
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