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Highlander Students Accepted to Student Diplomacy Corp Summer Program
Tegra Mandishona and Olivia Hazard, of Highlander Charter School, were accepted to the Student Diplomacy Corp Summer Program. The Student Diplomacy Corps creates opportunities for underserved high school students from across the nation to access dynamic summer study...
The teacher pipeline is broken. Segue Institute for Learning wants to fix it.
The school's leaders knew that 100% of the surveyed parents at the K-8 Central Falls charter school wished Segue also offered a high school. They knew that the number of people going into education as a profession is dwindling as pay issues become more daunting. They...
Best public high schools in Rhode Island include Charter Schools
Stacker compiled a list of the 30 best public high schools in Rhode Island. Several charter schools made the list, including: New England Laborers’/Cranston Public Schools Construction & Career Academy, Highlander Charter School, Blackstone Valley Prep and The...
SEL, Mentoring, Career Prep: Schools That Deliver What Parents Say They Want
The 74 highlights the innovative work at Blackstone Academy Charter School focused on student relationships and wellness. At Blackstone Academy, a public charter school in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the same students meet daily with the same adult leader for multiple...
Johnston Resident Elected to National EL Education SAC
Congratulations to Khadijah Hilmy of The Greene School who was named to the national ELEducation Student Advisory Council. A great leadership and learning opportunity for her, and a great honor to have been chosen from students across the country. Read more from her...
Beacon Charter Gifted $25K to Help Renovate Former Church
Beacon Charter was gifted $25,000 by Home Loan Investment Bank to support renovating a former church into a center for the arts for the school. Read more in the Woonsocket Call here.
RI News Today: Charter School application period ends March 16 in Rhode Island
The Rhode Island League of Charter Schools (RILCS) reminds families that the application period for charter public schools closes on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. More details from RI News Today here.
WPRI: When is the deadline to register in charter school lottery?
The deadline to register students in the Rhode Island charter school lottery is fast approaching. Parents have until Thursday, March 16, at 5 p.m. to apply for the 2023-2024 school year. Read more from WPRI news here.
Nearly 100 Rhode Island Families Explore Charter School Options
The R.I. League of Charter Schools welcomed nearly 100 families to our fair to learn more about our 20 public schools across the state and receive assistance completing an application. The high attendance reflects the increased demand for charter schools over the past...
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools: Let’s Fight to Protect Charter School Funding
The Charter Schools Program (CSP) is the nation’s only source of federal funding for new, expanding, and replicating charter schools. Still, it has been flat-funded at $440 million for the past four years—less than 1% of the country’s total public education budget. We...