Gist Joins Education Reform Group
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Education Commissioner Deborah Gist has come together with four other chief state school officers to form Chiefs for Change.
Chiefs for Change is a bipartisan group of state education commissioners, committed to transforming education. It aims to establish a national network of experts driven to institute visionary education reforms. The organization is committed to recruiting, rewarding, and retaining excellent teachers and leaders, in order to improve education for students across the country. Although this is a national issue, chiefs for change believes reform starts at the local level.
“All of us – elected leaders, teachers and school leaders, leaders of teachers’ unions, parents, students, members of the business community, and community members – share the responsibility for transforming America’s schools,” Gist said.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTChiefs for Change stands behind the belief that it is necessary to reward merit, replace failure with success, establish high educational standards and transparent and rigorous accountability, and offer feasible options for all students.
“Each of us believes that we must act urgently and in the best interest of students and that we can best do so in partnership,” Gist said. “I look forward to working with Chiefs for Change to help improve education for students across the country…to make America competitive in the 21st-century global economy.”
The Chiefs for Change is meeting November 30 and December 1 at the opening session of Excellence in Action: National Summit on Education Reform 2010.
Members of Chiefs for Change include:
• Paul Pastorek, Louisiana State Superintendent of Education – Chair
• Eric Smith, Florida Commissioner of Education – Vice Chair
• Tony Bennett, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Deborah A. Gist, Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Gerard Robinson, Virginia Secretary of Education
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