DEBORAH A. GIST, the state superintendent for education for the District of Columbia and a former analyst for the U.S. Department of Education, is expected to be approved as the next R.I. commissioner of elementary and secondary education when the Board of Regents meets tomorrow afternoon at the Statehouse. /
PROVIDENCE – At its meeting tomorrow, the R.I. Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education is expected to appoint Deborah A. Gist, the state superintendent for education for the District of Columbia, to serve as Rhode Island’s next commissioner of elementary and secondary education. “Deborah Gist has shown strong, innovative leadership in Washington, D.C.,”…