Deborah Gist

Twilight for Education Policy's Idols

Conor Williams | Posted 07.27.2011

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It's hard to notice when we've let our admiration for our favorite education prophets push us to intellectual dishonesty, but hard things are usually the things most worth doing.

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POLL: Should Students Be Required To Pass An Exit Exam To Graduate?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, Testing, Education-Inequality, Education Reform, High School Diploma, High School Graduation, Poll, Deborah Gist, High-School-Exams, High School Exit Exams, Video, Education News

By 2012, three-quarters of the nation's schools will require students to pass a high school graduation test to earn a diploma. This growing trend has...

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Should There Be A Hierarchy Of Diplomas Based On Test Scores?

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist (GHIST) is backing off her plan to establish a three-tiered diploma system for...

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