By Associated Press - Tuesday, July 9, 2019

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Department of Education has released a list of the Providence schools visited by researchers before they wrote a scathing report about the system.

WPRI-TV obtained the list through an open records request Tuesday.

The Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy report, released in June, didn’t name the schools.

People were interested in these podcasts

The schools that were visited were: Pleasant View Elementary School, Gilbert Stuart Middle School, Martin Luther King Elementary School, Carl G. Lauro Elementary School, Nathanael Greene Middle School, E-Cubed Academy, DelSesto Middle School, Asa Messer Elementary School, Hope High School, Mt. Pleasant High School, Providence Career and Technical Academy and Roger Williams Middle School.

The city is planning $20 million in improvements to school buildings this summer. Crumbling facilities were one of the issues cited in the report .

Copyright © 2026 The Washington Times, LLC.

Story Topics

Please read our comment policy before commenting.