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Gist says technology key to improving classroom instruction
Education Commissioner Deborah Gist on Tuesday called for investment and innovation in early learning, technology, and mathematics improvement, in her fourth annual State of Education address to the General Assembly. more
Panelists focus on the issues at Employers & Education Summit
In a frank discussion of the education and skills gap facing Rhode Island’s workforce, participants in the Providence Business News Employers & Education Summit laid out competing visions of the road to success. more
| 11/7/12 | 1 comment
AS220 Youth wins national arts award
AS220 Youth – the arts collaborative’s free arts education program for at-risk teens – has won a 2012 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, AS220 announced Friday. more
| 11/16/12 | 1 comment
Central Falls schools land $10M from Gates Foundation
(Updated, 4 p.m.)The Central Falls District-Charter Collaboration Compact, at the Segue Institute for Learning, has received a $10 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Central Falls School District announced Tuesday ahead of a press conference. more
NECAP scores improve but many students still struggle in math
The 2012 New England Common Assessment Program test scores showed significant improvement from 2008 to 2012 in both reading and mathematics proficiency levels, with less significant improvements from 2011 to 2012. more
| 2/8/13
Gist says diploma system allows retesting to meet requirements
State Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist has sent a letter to “friends of education” explaining her support for new graduation requirements following the recent release of 2012 NECAP assessments that showed about 4,100 students at risk of not graduating. more
| 2/19/13
GRRL Tech exposes nearly 500 to STEM industries
More than 470 girls from local high schools spent Thursday at the University of Rhode Island exploring STEM industries and career pathways during Tech Collective’s 12th annual GRRL Tech event. more
Fogarty tapped as new head of Lincoln School
Suzanne Fogarty has been appointed the 16th head of the Lincoln School, an independent college preparatory school for girls, effective July 1, 2014. more
| 3/29/13
Her eye trained on improving schools
On May 12, Deborah A. Gist, the Rhode Island commissioner of elementary and secondary education, added a new title to her name: doctor in educational leadership, from the University of Pennsylvania. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 5/28/12
Two R.I. high schools named on Newsweek’s top list
Providence’s Classical High School and East Greenwich High School made Newsweek Magazine’s annual list of the top 1,000 high schools in the country. more
| 5/21/12
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