The Learning Community is a vibrant public school serving Central Falls, Providence and Pawtucket, Rhode Island.  A K-8 school proving poverty is not a barrier to achievement, we serve over 500 students in our school and hundreds of other teachers and students in the schools where we work as professional development partners.

This work fulfills our bold mission: At The Learning Community, we believe that literacy empowers each individual to have a voice, assume community responsibility and take social action. We expect leadership at every level. We grow teacher leaders, student leaders and community leaders.

Overview: School Fact Sheet (pdf) 2010 Annual Report (pdf) State Testing Data (pdf)

Grant News: Learning Community Receives $1.8 million from RI Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation for Free Professional Development in Reading for Area Schools

More Detail & Data: Our Partnership with the Central Falls Public School District

On Critical Thinking: Keeping Us Open, Graceful & Wondering (pdf)

We’re Hiring: View Open Positions for 2012-13

Blog Post:  Chelsea Clinton on “Schools in bankrupt city work to prove poverty is no barrier to success”