uri.edu: URI College of Education associate professor Steve Przymus is mapping Rhode Island's linguistic landscape through the Translanguaging Lab's Putting Rhode Island on the Map project, documenting over 100 languages spoken in the state which has the fastest-growing multilingual learner population in the U.S., drawing parallels between linguistic diversity in Rhode Island and along the U.S.-Mexico border in Sonora.
rhodeislandcurrent.com: URI's 2,300-acre W. Alton Jones Campus in West Greenwich, closed since 2020, is set to reopen on Labor Day under a URI-DEM partnership backed by more than $2 million in renovations to the Environmental Education Center, surrounding cabins, and farm buildings, restoring public access to fishing, non-motorized boating, and expanded trail networks for the first time in six years.
uri.edu: Rhode Island Teacher of the Year Sarah Dully of Narragansett High School served as keynote speaker at URI's third annual Medallion Induction Ceremony, celebrating the College of Education's largest-ever class of 215 new teacher graduates and the first cohorts of three new programs in Environmental Education, Early Childhood Education, and Project SUSTAIN.
wpri.com: The Providence School Board voted 5-1 to cut nine administrator positions as recommended by the superintendent, including assistant principals at PCTA, Aventure Academy, Bridge Academy, and Esek Hopkins Middle School, plus the director of advanced academics, a pre-k manager, a grants and engagement manager, and a transformation officer, due to budget reductions and position consolidations.
the74million.org: A nationally representative Stanford-led study of about 4,600 schools found that cell phone bans significantly reduce in-class phone use but show little evidence of improving test scores or student behavior in the near term.
wpri.com: Rhode Island lawmakers are weighing a proposal that would block any new charter schools for three years and halt two already-approved expansions, with Governor McKee now signaling he would sign a temporary moratorium after previously opposing such legislation.
my.lwv.org: The League of Women Voters of South County announced three Rhode Island teachers as winners of the 19th annual Susan B. Wilson Civic Education Merit Awards at a ceremony held at the RI State House in April 2026.
rhodeislandcurrent.com: The 2026 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Factbook documents rising child poverty and worsening economic strain statewide, with a single parent of two needing to earn nearly $100,000 a year to meet basic living expenses without government subsidies.
web.uri.edu: URI assistant professor Nic Fisk found a marked shift since 2016 in scientific writing, with researchers increasingly attributing findings to computational models rather than to themselves, raising questions about where responsibility sits in AI-assisted research.
the74million.org: Over 100 NYC parents, students and educators testified at a nearly seven-hour school board meeting demanding a two-year moratorium on artificial intelligence in public schools, after a proposal for a new AI-focused high school was withdrawn amid fierce community opposition.
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