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Congratulations to Our 2013 Academies of Nashville Awardees

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Posted by: Rita McDonald - Public Education

Last night, more than 300 educators and business volunteers gathered at Rocketown to recognize excellence within the Academies of Nashville. The Academies are Metro Schools’ effort to prepare every Nashville student for college and career in the district’s 12 zoned high schools. This concept, which has become a national model, enables students to choose a theme by which their core ...

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Tags: Academies of Nashville Awards PENCIL Foundation MNPS Metro Schools Academies of Nashville Partnership Councils Academies of Nashville

ONE NASHVILLE Wraps Up 2011-2012 School Year

Friday, June 08, 2012

Posted by: Rita McDonald - Public Education

Though Metro's 2011-2012 school year is over, ONE NASHVILLE wants to keep the momentum going over the summer. More than 5,000 people have officially joined our campaign, and we have had more than 10,500 unique visits to our website. You can join our movement by volunteering, donating and advocating for Metro Nashville Public Schools.

School may be out for the ...

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Tags: Stand for Children PENCIL Foundation Nashville Alliance for Public Education MNPS Metro Schools

CEO Champions Experience the Academy Approach to Learning with Glencliff Students

Monday, September 26, 2011

Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy

The CEO Champions, a Chamber committee focused on the successful implementation of the academy model in Metro’s 12 zoned high schools, held their fall meeting at Glencliff High School on September 7. Co-Chair Steve Turner welcomed two new members to the group: Bill Lee, CEO of the Lee Company (partnered with Cane Ridge High School), and Dawn Rudolph, president & ...

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Tags: Glencliff High School Deborah Crosby PENCIL Foundation Ford PAS Dawn Rudolph CEO Champions Steve Turner Bill Lee

A Busy Summer for New Academy Partnerships

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy

Metro students may be finishing up their summer break this week, but it’s been a busy few months for the folks at the PENCIL Foundation. Here’s a list of 17 new Academy Partnerships formed this summer between Nashville-area businesses and Metro’s high schools. There are now a total of 142 individual academy partnerships ready to start the 2011-2012 school year. ...

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Tags: Lipscomb University Nashville Shakespeare Festival Metro Nashville/Davidson County Juvenile Court Metro Nashville/Davidson County District Attorney's Office Summit Medical Center Centresource Interactive Agency Nissan North America Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art Talula Art Gallery PENCIL Foundation Rocketown Skyline Medical Center HealthTeacher The Parthenon Tennessee State University Academies of Nashville

Academies of Nashville Partnership Councils Begin Planning for 2011-2012 School Year

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Posted by: Rita McDonald - Public Education

During the week of July 19, 20 and 21, the Academies of Nashville Partnership Councils for Arts, Media & Communications; Engineering, Manufacturing & Industrial Technology; and Business, Marketing & Information Technology met for the first time for the 2011-2012 school year at the Boy Scouts of America Middle Tennessee Service Center in Nashville.

The meetings started with welcomes and introductions, ...

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Tags: PENCIL Foundation education reform MNPS Academies of Nashville Partnership Councils Academies of Nashville

Nashville Business Community Receives National Accolades in New Report

Friday, June 10, 2011

Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy

Yesterday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for a Competitive Workforce recognized Nashville’s business community as a national leader in helping drive local education reform, in partnership with Metro Schools. The report, “Partnership Is a Two-Way Street: What It Takes for Business to Help Drive School Reform,” highlights the work of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Alignment ...

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Tags: Alignment Nashville PENCIL Foundation Intstitute for a Competitive Workforce CEO Champions Academies of Nashville

Academies of Nashville Benefit from Communitywide Support

Thursday, April 07, 2011

Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy

Businesses and community organizations around our city are rallying behind the Academies of Nashville! To date, 127 academy partnerships have been formed through the PENCIL Foundation to work with teachers, bring real-world learning experiences to our schools, and help prepare all students for college and career. Word is getting out, and momentum is building—here’s a list of the partnerships that ...

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Tags: Western Express Nashville Opera Averitt Express, Inc. Hilton Garden Inn Bongo Productions LLC Brown and Caldwell Engineering Helistar PENCIL Foundation Tennessee Justice Center Nossi College of Art NECAT Metro Schools International Bluegrass Music Association Belmont University School of Nursing Vanderbilt University Center for Science Outreach Stones River National Battlefield Country Music Hall of Fame Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Academies of Nashville

Chamber Announces Nominees for Inaugural Academies of Nashville Awards

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy

The first-ever Academies of Nashville Awards, sponsored by Altria and Deloitte, are intended to celebrate the success and excellence in Metro Schools’ reform efforts for each of its 12 zoned high schools. A nominating committee composed of leaders from the school district, Chamber and PENCIL Foundation developed the list of nominees after soliciting input from high school teachers, administrators and ...

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Tags: LP Corporation Glencliff High School HCA Whites Creek High School Nashville State Community College Overton High School Hillwood High School Trevecca Nazarene University Visitors Bureau Cane Ridge High School Louisiana-Pacific Corporation Academies of Nashville Awards McGavock High School Pearl-Cohn High School Healthways PENCIL Foundation education reform Holiday Inn Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau Altria Vanderbilt University MNPS Metro Schools Permanent General Tennessee Credit Union YMCA Deloitte Dialysis Clinic Hunters Lane High School Stratford High School Maplewood High School Antioch High School CMT Gaylord Entertainment Academies of Nashville Partnership Councils Academies of Nashville

Chamber Joins 'Principal for a Day' Program

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy

This past week, I joined 108 other community members in becoming a “principal for a day” in one of our Metro Schools. Coordinated by the PENCIL Foundation each fall since 2002, this is a unique opportunity to spend a morning getting an inside look at our school system. You certainly gain a better understanding of just how demanding it is ...

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Tags: PENCIL Foundation Metro Schools Jeanette Smith Glencliff Elementary Principal for a Day

My Future, My Way: The Academies of Nashville

Monday, June 21, 2010

Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy

Friday marked a new beginning for Nashville’s public high schools. On the 22nd Floor of the new Pinnacle Building in downtown Nashville, more than 300 business leaders, educators and elected officials participated in the unveiling of the Academies of Nashville – an initiative to redesign the traditional high school into smaller learning communities, or academies, with a career or thematic ...

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Tags: high school academies Mayor Karl Dean PENCIL Foundation high school reform MNPS Metro Schools education Mayor Dean Academies of Nashville

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