RI Education Commissioner Gist Confirms She Is Finalist For Job In Tulsa
R.I. state Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Deborah Gist has confirmed that she is a finalist for the Superintendent of Schools post in her home city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gist's statement...
View ArticleTulsa Delays Vote on Gist
Tulsa education officials say they need more time to consider Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist and one other finalist in their search for a new superintendent. The board had scheduled a...
View ArticleGist Becomes Lone Contender For Tulsa Job
Looks like Education Commissioner Deborah Gist is headed back to her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa World reports today that the other candidate in the search for a new superintendent of schools...
View ArticleVote Expected Monday On Gist
The Tulsa School Board may vote Monday evening on whether to name Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist their new superintendent of schools. Gist appears poised to get the job, after the...
View ArticleRhode Island Education Commissioner Gist Going To Tulsa
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist has gotten the votes to become Tulsa's superintendent of schools. In a statement, Gist said it was a difficult decision, but she welcomed the...
View ArticleRI Education Board Chair: Tulsa Is Lucky To Land Gist
Chair of the state’s board of education said Tulsa is lucky to land Deborah Gist as its next superintendent of schools. Board chair Eva-Marie Mancuso calls Gist a forward thinker and someone easy to...
View ArticlePolitical Roundtable: Paolino on Newport Grand, Gist's Departure & Raimondo's...
Developer, real estate owner and former mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr. joins Political Roundtable to discuss his contingent agreement to buy Newport Grand; the pending exit of Education Commissioner...
View ArticleScott MacKay Commentary: Changing Of The Guard In R.I. Education Leadership
Big changes are in the offing for Rhode Island public education policy. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay on what’s at stake. After six years as Rhode Island’s top education guru, education...
View ArticleTGIF: 18 Things to Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
The pit of winter has settled over Rhode Island, judging by the combination of snow and sub-freezing temperatures. The governor used the recent blizzard to remind us we're supposed to be hardy, so no...
View ArticleUnion Approves Resolutions Against Standardized Testing
On of the state's two teachers' unions is calling for parents to get better information about how to opt out of standardized tests. In a resolution, the executive committee of the National Education...
View ArticleRaimondo Kicks Off Search For Education Commissioner
Governor Gina Raimondo began a series of what her office is calling "listening sessions" as part of the search for a new state commissioner of education. Rhode Island Public Radio's Elisabeth Harrison...
View ArticleEducation Commissioner Reflects On Tenure In Rhode Island
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist is about to step down to become superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools. Before she leaves, she reflected on her tenure with Rhode Island Public Radio’s...
View ArticleBonus Q+A: Flanders on the Pension Dispute, Charters, PawSox & More
Lawyer and former state Supreme Court justice Robert Flanders joins Bonus Q+A this week to discuss the state pension dispute, government reform, Providence finances, public education, and more. For...
View ArticleProvidence Students Voice Their Hopes For State's New Education Commissioner
Rhode Island is looking for a new leader for K-12 public schools as controversy grows over standardized testing and charter schools. So what do students want from the next commissioner of education?...
View ArticleReport Finds RI Newborns Exposed To Drugs And Alcohol Nearly Doubled From 2006
The number of babies born with exposure to opioid drugs and alcohol nearly doubled in Rhode Island between 2006 and 2013. That’s one of the more startling facts in the new Rhode Island Kids Count...
View ArticleChanges To State Standardized Testing Approved
Students in Rhode Island will take shorter standardized tests next year. The multi-state governing board that oversees the so-called PARCC tests, voted Wednesday to shorten testing by about 90 minutes....
View ArticleNardelli Stepping Down From R.I. Charter School League
Steve Nardelli, executive director of the R.I. League of Charter Schools, is retiring at the end of June. His post will be assumed by Timothy Groves, former development officer at the R.I. Foundation....
View ArticleRI's Unofficial Interim Education Commissioner
With Education Commissioner Deborah Gist posting on Facebook that she has left her her job, who is in charge of the Rhode Island Department of Education? There is, of course, the State Board of...
View ArticleRaimondo Announces Dr. Ken Wagner Of New York As RI Education Commissioner...
Ken Wagner is Governor Gina Raimondo’s nomination for education commissioner. The post has been open since former commissioner Deborah Gist left for a job in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Wagner comes to the Ocean...
View ArticleFormer RI Education Commissioner Gist Now Pro-Union
Deborah Gist, the former Rhode Island education commissioner who often jousted with teacher unions, has moved on to become the superintendent of schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she has become vocally...
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