Rhode Island Schools
Rhode Island Cities
| Providence Schools ( 212,750 ) | Central Falls Schools ( 19,389 ) |
| Warwick Schools ( 83,275 ) | East Greenwich Schools ( 19,118 ) |
| Pawtucket Schools ( 75,168 ) | Riverside Schools ( 19,023 ) |
| Cranston Schools ( 71,586 ) | Lincoln Schools ( 18,448 ) |
| Woonsocket Schools ( 44,450 ) | Barrington Schools ( 17,449 ) |
| Cumberland Schools ( 34,140 ) | Portsmouth Schools ( 17,029 ) |
| Coventry Schools ( 33,138 ) | Middletown Schools ( 17,027 ) |
| West Warwick Schools ( 30,722 ) | Tiverton Schools ( 15,432 ) |
| Johnston Schools ( 30,313 ) | Narragansett Schools ( 15,416 ) |
| Newport Schools ( 25,834 ) | North Providence Schools ( 15,295 ) |
| North Kingstown Schools ( 24,667 ) | Warren Schools ( 11,719 ) |
| Bristol Schools ( 24,343 ) | North Smithfield Schools ( 11,327 ) |
| East Providence Schools ( 22,848 ) | North Scituate Schools ( 9,302 ) |
| Westerly Schools ( 22,250 ) | Charlestown Schools ( 8,797 ) |
| Wakefield Schools ( 20,420 ) | Rumford Schools ( 8,504 ) |
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Rhode Island Counties
| Providence County Schools ( 653,201 ) | Newport County Schools ( 85,506 ) |
| Kent County Schools ( 174,124 ) | Bristol County Schools ( 53,538 ) |
| Washington County Schools ( 130,736 ) |
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State Demographics
Estimated Population (2005): 1,097,105
Male: 529,335
Female: 567,770
Median Age: 37.18
Rhode Island School Districts Information
As of school year 2007, the state of Rhode Island has 53 school districts with 334 Public Schools and Private Schools. It has a total combined student population of 151,604 accros _n cities and townsRhode Island takes bumpy road to game vs. SLU (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
There was, at one point, such promise for the Rhode Island Rams. They were 19-3 with the only losses coming on the road at Virginia Commonwealth, to No. 21 Temple in overtime and at Xavier. An NCAA at-large berth beckoned. Then they ran into their worst nemesis: February.
RI lawmakers debate charter school cap (NBC 10 Providence)
Rhode Island lawmakers may allow more charter schools in the state.
Debate on school reform Our view: Unions protect bad teachers, harming kids' education (USA Today)
Mass firing in Rhode Island reflects need to shake up the status quo.
Low-scoring schools identified (The Burlington Free Press)
The Vermont Education Department identified 10 schools Wednesday, including two in Chittenden County, as among the worst performers in the state and dangled $8 million in federal school-improvement grants to those willing to make changes.
Obama's teacher hard line spurs debate (The Washington Times)
President Obama's approval of the recent firing of teachers at a Rhode Island high school has spurred a debate among education specialists about whether staff turnover will help underperforming schools. Some experts agree that it is appropriate for underperforming schools to start over with a new staff, an element of Mr. Obama's initiative to overhaul lowest-performing public schools. Others say ...
Cleveland: Should Cleveland schools take drastic measures? (WKYC Cleveland)
CLEVELAND -- A school board in Rhode Island decided to fire all the teachers at a local high school where test scores and graduation rates were very low. President Barack Obama even applauded the action.
Issues for schools' next chief (The News & Observer)
The nastiness surrounding the Wake County school board's move away from schools' economic diversity grows increasingly vile. It's also irrelevant.
Talks to start over mass firings at RI school (Boston Globe)
Discussions about the future of a troubled Rhode Island high school that fired all its teachers because of poor student performance are scheduled to resume.
Rhode Island Superintendent Calls for Talks, Not Firings (Fox News)
A superintendent who fired all the teachers in one of Rhode Island's worst-performing high schools says she's willing to negotiate after their union promised to support reforms.
The Fired Teachers (New York Times)
The president whom I embraced, supported, campaigned and voted for with greater passion than anyone in my 38-year voting life has severely disappointed me with his “tough love” endorsement of a Rhode Island school board’s decision to fire the entire faculty of a poorly performing school.


