WOONSOCKET – In his first official press conference since signing on as the Rhode Island Foundation’s president and CEO, David Cicilline announced Tuesday afternoon that his new organization has awarded
The $25 million renovation of Horace Mann Hall, home to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development (FSEHD) since 1969, is now complete and open this semester. Renovation work began three years ago. Major improvements include a wing featuring six classrooms and three seminar rooms; bright and spacious student common areas; a three-story addition for offices; new roof, elevator and windows; and electrical, plumbing and network technology upgrades.
Kyra Shindler can’t recall why she picked glow sticks for her eighth-grade English research project. She doesn’t remember how she related them to a book As kids flood into Rhode Island classrooms this fall, one school essential is proving especially hard to find: teachers.
When siblings Joanne Diggle ’82 and Maureen Azar ’85 were growing up, there was little doubt about the path their careers would follow.
“All of our father’s sisters were elementary school teachers, so my sister and I followed in their footsteps,” Diggle recalls.
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