rhodeislandcurrent.com: Education columnist Julia Steiny warns that Rhode Island faces a choice between embracing school choice or allowing district enrollment to keep declining, as a bill backed by union aligned lawmakers seeks to block new charter school approvals despite more than 30,000 annual applications for fewer than 3,200 available seats.

heraldnews.com: Portuguese language teachers from Massachusetts and Rhode Island gathered to share classroom strategies and explore how AI tools can support student learning and engagement in heritage language education.

patch.com: Rhode Island lawmakers have sponsored legislation to provide free breakfast and lunch to all public school students regardless of family income, rolling out in three phases starting with elementary schools in the 2027 to 2028 school year.

The Providence City Council formed a time-limited working group to prepare for its budget and oversight responsibilities when PPSD returns to local control. The group will receive briefings from finance professionals and governance experts, and aims to deliver a findings report by June 5, 2026.

A new NWEA analysis finds that children who were infants during COVID are now falling below pre-pandemic benchmarks in reading and math as they reach first and second grade. Kindergarten scores held steady, but reading gaps among early elementary students remain stubbornly stalled.