Governor Carcieri and Urban Education Task Force to Release Final Report: Building Our Future: An Agenda for Quality Urban Education in Rhode Island

10-23-2009

Governor Donald L. Carcieri will join Warren Simmons, Executive Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, Rhode Island Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist, and Board of Regents Chairman Robert Flanders, Jr., and local elected officials, educators and community leaders at Central Falls High School to release the final report of the Urban Education Task Force: Building Our Future: An Agenda for Quality Urban Education in Rhode Island.

10:00 a.m. - Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Central Falls High School Library
24 Summer Street, Central Falls

Governor Carcieri formed the Urban Education Task Force in 2008 and charged it with developing specific recommendations for consideration by the Governor and General Assembly on ways to strengthen and transform urban education in Rhode Island, specifically the five urban districts of Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket. Members of the Task Force include leaders in education, government, and community organizations.

The report outlines seven recommendations to improve urban education in Rhode Island, and calls on educators, community leaders, elected and appointed public servants, the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, school district leaders, parents and students to work together to implement an agenda for improving urban education statewide.