The new half-elected, half-appointed board is expected to be in power when the city gets back control of the schools. The race for president of the new board has already begun.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley has made his selections for the five mayor-appointed School Board seats. His nominees are Melissa Hughes for Region 1, Anjel Newmann for Region 2, Jenny Mercado for Region 3,

When is the right time for the state to return Providence public schools to local control? Mayor Brett Smiley says this summer. Smiley outlined his administration’s housing and education proposals for reporters at a City Hall briefing Monday,

After more than five years under state control, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is asking state lawmakers to force the Department of Education to return the city's schools to local control. Meanwhile, during the recent drop in temperatures,