The Providence City Council approved new school board members this week For the first time, half of the board was elected PROVIDENCE – The city's School Board is ready to commence a new session ...

“We are comfortable accelerating that timeline,” McKee told reporters Monday inside Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School on the East Side of Providence. The state is looking at summer 2026 ...

PROVIDENCE – Most Providence students in this year’s graduating high school class weren't even teenagers in 2019 when the state took over the city’s public school system. Some of them feel ...

The Rhode Island Department of Education outlined parameters for Providence to regain local control of its schools, potentially as early as 2026. The state's willingness to transition control back ...

PROVIDENCE — The state takeover of the Providence public school system appears to be in the home stretch, with Governor Dan McKee announcing Monday he’s willing to end it in 2026, and city ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The timeline for Providence to regain control of its schools from the state remains up in the air as Mayor Brett Smiley and the Rhode Island Department of Education ...

Providence School Board members were sworn in during a historic ceremony that followed Thursday night’s city council meeting. The event cemented the results of the school board election in November ...

State officials announced Monday that they’re open to returning the state-run Providence Public School District to back to the city as early as 2026. Gov. Dan McKee, RIDE Commissioner Angélica ...

As state and local leaders debate returning control of Providence Public Schools to the city, a new report shows the school district is still far from meeting the goals the Rhode Island Department ...

(WJAR) — Providence Public Schools could return to local control sometime next year if the city meets a number of expectations laid out by the state. The governor and education commissioner said ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Providence leaders are still making their case to take back control of the state-run school district this year. The mayor and other city leaders were noticeably absent ...