It seems like just yesterday Blackstone Valley Prep opened its doors with a goal of proving what’s possible for public education in Rhode Island. Now, 10 years later, our second senior class, the class of 2023, is preparing to graduate and [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern The Journey At the start of the 2018-19 school year, Blackstone Valley Prep launched a pilot in its 5th grade classrooms of a 20-minute daily [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Which of these math problems makes more sense to you? Combine 3/4 and 1/2.   Renee eats 3/4 bag of popcorn. Then Maria eats 1/2 bag of [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern   “Have you ever talked to yourself about math in the mirror?” It may seem like a stretch, but research shows that when we explain [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern New Math “That’s not the way we do it at school, Dad.” Over the past decade, parents and children on either side of the roll out of Common Core [...]

On Saturday, March 9, Blackstone Valley Prep will host our 6th Annual For Art’s Sake: A Scholar Art Show & Artisan Fair in celebration of Youth Art Month. For Art’s Sake is free, open to the public, and will feature art from scholars across [...]