Cranston will have to hire a new superintendent of schools. The current Superintendent Judith Lundsten plans to retire at the end of June. In a message…
Elisabeth Harrison
Elisabeth Harrison's journalism background includes everything from behind-the-scenes work with the CBS Evening News to freelance documentary production.
She joined the WRNI team in 2007 as a Morning Edition producer and freelance journalist. In 2009, she became a full-time reporter, and became the Morning Edition host in 2011. She was promoted to full-time News Director in June of 2015.
Harrison's education is as wide ranging as her work at Rhode Island Public Radio. She has a B.A. in English and French from Wellesley College, and a joint M.A. in Journalism and French Studies from NYU.
A native of Los Angeles, Harrison loves good food and good movies.
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New Push To Teach Students How To ‘Code Like A Girl’
Women make up nearly 60 percent of the U-S workforce, but Federal Labor Department Statistics show they account for less than a quarter of all software…
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RI Leaders React To President Obama’s State Of The Union Address
President Barack Obama delivered his sixth state of the Union address last night. His main focus was the middle class, as the nation continues to…
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RISD Begins Interviews In Search For New President
The Rhode Island School of Design has started conducting “preliminary interviews” in the search for a new president, a little more than a year after the…
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Gist Up For Superintendent’s Job In Tulsa?
State Education Commissioner Deborah Gist is reported to be a finalist in Tulsa’s search for a new superintendent of schools. Tulsa World says multiple…
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Brown: Fraternity Parties Facilitated Sexual Misconduct
Brown University has sanctioned two fraternities, saying they created an environment that “facilitated sexual misconduct” by failing to monitor parties…
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Rhode Island Remembers Activist Sister Anne Keefe
Funeral services for Sister Ann are scheduled for Friday, January 23rd at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Providence. Tributes are pouring in for…
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Can Students Opt Out Of Standardized Testing?
The Providence Journal reports this morning that standardized testing is not mandatory for Rhode Island students. While that is technically true, it is…
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What Does Rhode Island Lose If The PawSox Leave?
Once again the Pawtucket Red Sox are under threat of leaving the state. The team is up for sale, its former owner Ben Mondor died four years ago. His…
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Does A Longer School Day Boost Achievement?
The answer is not necessarily, but sometimes, or it’s complicated, according to a Boston Globe review of extended day programs in Boston schools. While…
