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.