coastalabc.com: Governor McKee highlighted more than $1 billion in investments in Providence Public Schools facilities and announced $6.5 million in Facility Opportunity Initiative grants for high-need districts across Rhode Island.

the74million.org: Flourish Schools founder John Danner joins The 74 podcast to explain how his AI native microschool network uses conversational tutors to handle foundational skills like reading and math, freeing teachers to focus on student relationships and individual strengths.

uri.edu: URI trustee and alumnus Joseph Matthews has donated $1.6 million to establish an endowment supporting engineering students who transfer from the Community College of Rhode Island, with two annual scholarships covering up to two years of in state tuition.

wgbh.org: Parents at the Croft School, a private for profit school with campuses in Boston and Providence serving roughly 590 students, are organizing to keep it open after its founder was suspended over allegations of hiding $13 million in debt and running a Ponzi scheme using parent investments.

readlion.com: An education advocate warns that Rhode Island is at a crossroads on school choice, citing overcrowded charter school waitlists, union resistance to reform, and a proposed moratorium bill opposed by more than 600 parents who packed the State House to testify against it.