Lawmakers noted that a number of Rhode Island schools participated in a pilot project. Among them, Nathanael Greene Middle School in Providence and Beacon Charter School in Woonsocket required ...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — Beacon Charter School students are ... pouches remain locked until the end of the school day. Founders Academy Principal John Burns told 12 News that Beacon banned ...

The Supreme Court’s answer will determine whether a Catholic school in Oklahoma can become the nation’s first religious charter school. By Sarah Mervosh The very identity of the nation’s ...

The closures of charter schools have been a pressure point for the newly seated Chicago Board of Education. Some board members are concerned that last week’s vote to keep open five of seven ...

IRMO — Green Charter Schools of the Midlands is standing behind principal Tina Shaw after she was arrested earlier this week for failing to report child abuse in her school. In an email sent to ...

Iowa is following the national trend with a growing number of public charter schools available in the state. Enrollment for charter schools has steadily increased by nearly 400,000 students over ...

The principal of an Arlington charter school and two educators have been arrested on charges relating to an alleged inappropriate relationship with a student, police said. Rescued NASA astronauts ...

A 4-year-old girl and a woman were seriously injured Monday when they were struck by a car near a school in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The pedestrians were walking on Hamlet Avenue near the Hamlet ...

Beacon Charter School contains 2 schools and 360 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 60%. Also, 20.0% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools ...

Nuestro Mundo, a bilingual public charter school located in South Providence, nearly doubled its English Language Arts (ELA) performance year over year on the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment ...

Here are three of those lessons: 1. Charter schools reduce academic inequality by closing student achievement gaps. 2. Charter schools raise the overall quality of public schools. 3. Creating more ...

It’s back to school week for thousands of students across Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Smithfield heads back tomorrow and the first day of school in Woonsocket is on Wednesday. Can Kamala ...