Sister Jane Gerety will be inaugurated as the school’s seventh president.

The East Providence teachers union offers to resume negotiations with the School Committee.

Students at Ponaganset High School convert a vintage roadster replica to run on modern technology.

Improvements to school buildings in Providence may have to wait a year.

Members of the board of governors at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum meet with trustees of the school about the abrupt resignation of the museum director.

The family of a Warwick girl killed earlier this year will hold a fundraiser Friday night.

An audit is being studied by school department officials over actions by former athletic director Keith Kenyon.

Excited students and anxious parents flood local colleges as students get ready to begin the new college year.

Teachers in East Providence will no longer spend their own money on supplies and they say they won’t volunteer any longer.

The new school year may mean a fresh start for many students, but for parents and school administrators, there is at least one old concern lingering.

With the start of school just days away in Rhode Island, teacher contracts at 13 school district and two state-run schools have either expired or are scheduled to expire by the end of the month.

All educators, including administrators and support staff, would be evaluated annually under a rigorous set of state standards.

Both of Rhode Island’s teachers unions support binding arbitration as a way to avoid teacher strikes.

Supporters hope the change will encourage private philanthropists to save endangered sports programs and academic frills.

State-funded pre-K is coming to some Rhode Island cities in the fall.