Monday, March 22, 2010

The Educated Reporter: Gist suggests why Central Falls made a splash.

The Educated Reporter: Gist suggests why Central Falls made a splash.


MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2010


Gist suggests why Central Falls made a splash.

I went to a reporters’ roundtable this morning with Deborah Gist, the schools superintendent for Rhode Island. Someone asked her the question that struck me from the start: Why did this turnaround get so much media attention? As I mentioned before, many schools have gone through reconstitution that involved teachers having to reapply for their jobs.

Gist suggested maybe it was because in a larger district, teachers removed from