Home > Learn About PPSD > PPSD Publications > Press Releases Press Releases: – Contreras named to team defending state Race to the Top application – Nation's Urban School Leaders Endorse Common Core Standards – School Improvement Intervention Plan – Choosing a Reform Model – Protocol for Interventions: Persistenly Lowest-Achieving Schools – Commissioner Calls for Community Engagement to Turn Around Schools – Providence Schools Hail Reform Opportunities – Executive Selected for Prestigious School Superintendent Program – Providence Schools Take Extra Steps to Ensure Smooth Opening – City, Providence Teachers Union Reach Tentative Agreement – Board Names Interim Superintendent – Providence Seeks Teacher of the Year Nominees