PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the R.I. Department of Education and the Providence Public School District over a multimillion-dollar student loan forgiveness program designed to recruit minority teachers. In its complaint filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C., the DOJ alleges RIDE and PPSD practiced race-based discrimination by establishing Already a Subscriber? Log in

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