On Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT released the Issue Brief, Effective Public Education Policies: Lessons from Massachusetts and New Jersey at a policy roundtable with new Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Deborah Gist and national experts on education reform: Paul Reville, Massachusetts Secretary of Education, and Kathleen D. Priestley, Consultant to the National Institute for Early Education Research and Association for Children of New Jersey. View the press release.
Elizabeth Burke Bryant Executive Director of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Paul Reville Massachusetts Secretary of Education
Kathleen Dunn Priestley Consultant to the National Institute for Early Education Research and Association for Children of New Jersey
Deborah Gist RI Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
Elaine Budish Research Analyst at Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Commissioner Gist and Superintendent of Providence Schools Tom Brady
Students from Young Voices participate in the roundtable
On Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT released the Issue Brief, 
Elizabeth Burke Bryant
Paul Reville 
Kathleen Dunn Priestley
Deborah Gist
Elaine Budish
Commissioner Gist and Superintendent of Providence Schools Tom Brady
Students from Young Voices participate in the roundtable
Elizabeth Burke Bryant and Commissioner Gist
Dr. Cynthia Garcia Coll and Commissioner Gist
