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.

Antisemitic symbols and messages were found at three East Greenwich schools this week, weeks after a racist graffiti incident at a fourth school in the district. Superintendent Thomas Kenworthy is working with law enforcement and plans age-appropriate community education in response.

Former Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says harm done to the Department of Education over the past year will take decades to repair, citing the closure of seven civil rights enforcement offices and threats to Title III language acquisition grants for multilingual learners.

The Central Falls City Council approved a resolution backing the SABE Act, which would build a stronger pipeline of bilingual and dual language educators in Rhode Island. The bill is still awaiting hearings in the House and Senate Finance Committees.

The Brown Daily Herald editorial board urges Brown University to direct its $50 million federal workforce development commitment toward teacher training programs, noting that $1.5 million of the first round of grants is already funding a bilingual educator credential program at the Community College of Rhode Island expected to produce up to 180 new teachers for Providence schools.