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Press releases and media advisories alert the media about upcoming events, test score results, outstanding teacher awards, and general announcements.


2009 Press Releases

11/4/2009 Race To The Top

10/23/2009 Commissioner Gist Ends Seniority-Based Teacher Assignments

10/21/2009 Education Department Awards Interest-Free School-Construction Bonds

10/20/2009 Three Foundations Support RIDE Race to the Top Grant Application

10/14/2009 The Nation’s Report Card: Improvement in R.I. Mathematics Scores Significant “achievement gaps” separate student groups

10/8/2009 Education Department Distributes $75 million in Federal Stimulus Funds

9/29/2009 Regents to Hold October Board Meeting in Newport

9/23/2009 Governor Carcieri, Education Commissioner Gist, and Regents’ Chair Flanders Release NECAP Science Results

9/15/2009 Income Eligibility Guidelines for Free or Reduced-Price Meals, Milk Announced

9/10/2009 Child-Care and Adult Care Food Program Applications Available

9/8/2009 Commissioner's Five Priorities

9/3/2009 School is Open...A Message From the Commissioner

9/1/2009 Regents to Hold September Board Meeting in Central Falls

8/31/2009 Commissioner Gist to Visit Central Falls, Warwick for First Day of School

8/28/2009 Application Deadline Extended to September 1st

8/26/2009 2009 SAT Scores Remain 5th in New England

8/5/2009 PreK Demonstration Project

8/4/2009 Regents to Hold Board Meetings in Community Settings

7/29/2009 RIDE Selects Seven Programs as Sites for Prekindergarten Project

7/27/2009 Commissioner Appoints New Education Department Finance Director

7/1/2009 Deborah Gist Takes Office as Education Commissioner

6/23/2009 Statement from Board of Regents Chairman Robert G. Flanders, Jr., Esq., on Funding Charter Schools

6/10/2009 Education Department Announces Winners of High-School Video Contest

5/27/2009 School Classifications: 81% of Schools Met All Annual Targets

5/4/2009 Regents Schedule Hearings on Revised Basic Education Program

4/27/2009 H1N1 (Swine) Flu and Schools: The latest information and guidance from the Department of Health about H1N1 Flu and schools

4/16/2009 Education Department Opens Web Page for Information on Stimulus Funds

4/7/2009 Education Department to Hold Hearings on Charter-School Proposals

4/6/2009 Education Department Awards $3.2 Million in Grants for Community Learning Centers

4/3/2009 Regents Appoint Deborah A. Gist as Education Commissioner

3/20/2009 2008 Graduation Rates

1/22/2009 Test Scores Improve in All Grades, All Tests for Third Straight Year

1/5/2009 Information Works! 2009 Reports Available On Line at RIDE-URI Web Site


2008 Press Releases

12/15/2008 Major Grant Supports New Four-State Partnership on High-School Reform

12/11/2008 Maine Joins R.I., N.H., and Vermont in NECAP Testing Partnership

12/3/2008 Newport Middle-School Science Teacher Named 2009 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year

11/26/2008 Three High-School Teachers Receive First Passport to the Arts Awards

11/7/2008 Education Department Seeks Entries in “High School Video Contest”

10/27/2008 Barrington 5th-Grade Teacher Wins $25,000 Milken Educator Award

10/6/2008 Regents’ Commissioner Search Committee to Hold Series of Public Forums

9/29/2008 Income Eligibility Guidelines for Free and Reduced-Price Meals, Milk Announced

9/26/2008 Child and Adult Care Food Program Applications Available from RIDE

9/23/2008 Governor Carcieri Releases Results of First Statewide Science Tests

9/4/2008 Board of Regents Amends 2003 High-School Regulations

8/19/2008 School Classifications: Nearly 3 of 4 Schools Met All Annual Targets

7/31/2008 Regents' Chairman Appoints Committee for Commissioner Search

6/26/2008 Complete Information Works! 2008 Reports Available Online

6/12/2008 Education Commissioner Revises Hope High School Corrective Action Order of 2005

6/9/2008 High-School Graduation Rates - 2007 - Old formula and New Formula compared

6/4/2008 Newly Calculated Graduation Rates for 2007

6/4/2008 Questions and Answers regarding the new Graduation Rate Formula

4/10/2008 Board of Regents to Extend Commissioner McWalters’s Contract through June 2009

4/3/2008 Rhode Island Writing Scores Improve on Nation’s Report Card, Surpass National Average

2/27/2008 Governor Carcieri Releases 2007-08 NECAP High-School Test Results

2/18/2008 Patrick Guida Chosen to Serve on National Panel to Focus on No Child Left Behind Act Reforms

2/4/2008 Governor Carcieri Releases Rhode Island Test Scores

2/1/2008 Commissioner’s Status Conference on Hope High School on 2/12/2008

1/31/2008 Commissioner approves New Diploma System for 30 schools and school districts.

1/7/2008 Update on Central Falls Tuberculosis Exposure

1/3/2008 Education Department Releases High-School, District Classifications


2007 Press Releases

12/3/2007 Scituate High School Chemistry Teacher Named 2008 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year

10/15/2007 Governor to Present $25,000 Milken Educator Award in Surprise Ceremony - 10/15/2007

9/26/2007 High-School Test Results 2007: Scores Remain Steady in English, Mathematics

9/25/2007 NAEP Results 2007: Rhode Island Students Improve in Mathematics and in 4th-Grade Reading

8/28/2007 College Board Releases 2007 Rhode Island SAT, AP, and PSAT Results

5/30/2007 Governor Carcieri Announces 85 Percent of Rhode Island Elementary and Middle Schools Are Meeting Their Targets

4/27/2007 GOVERNOR CARCIERI ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF JAMES A. DIPRETE

4/24/2007 RI PBS and RIDE Pilot Project Expands Access to GED Adult Education

4/11/2007 Rhode Island Joins 8 Other States to Launch New Algebra II Test

4/9/2007 Education Department Awards $2.3 Million in Grants for Community Learning Centers

3/21/2007 Education Commissioner McWalters Testifies Before Congressional Committee on NCLB

2/14/2007 First Information Works! 2007 Reports on Schools are On Line

2/13/2007 Governor Carcieri Releases First Statewide Curriculum

2/6/2007 Increasing Number of R.I. Students Take AP, PSAT Exams

1/30/2007 Test Results Show Statewide Improvements in Reading, Mathematics

1/25/2007 Commissioner McWalters Appoints Clark Greene as Chief of Staff/Policy Director for Elementary and Secondary Education.


2006 Press Releases

12/15/2006 Governor Releases School Classifications; Two-Thirds of Schools Met All Targets

12/13/2006 Commissioner McWalters Encourages Participation in Fidelity Investments JFK Essay Contest

12/12/2006 Warwick Arts Educator Named 2007 R.I. Teacher of the Year

12/5/2006 New Website Released!

12/4/2006 Final Report from Hope High Special Master Finds “Excellent” Progress Has Been Made

12/4/2006 Nicholas C. Donohue's Full Report on progress at Hope High School

9/21/2006 Governor Carcieri Releases List of 2006 School-Performance Classifications, Elementary and Middle School

3/23/2006 NECAP Data Released for grades 3 - 8 in Reading, Mathematics, and Writing

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