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Chamber Report Card: MNPS Takes a First Step Forward - Time to Pick Up the Pace

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy
The Chamber Education Report Card Committee presented its 2011 report card for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) today at the Adventure Science Center. In looking back at the 2010-2011 school year, the committee felt MNPS has “taken a first step forward,” by showing broad, if modest, improvement across nearly all academic measures. Co-Chair Ron Corbin added that it was time ...
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Tags: Education Report Card Committee Ron Corbin Pam Daly MNPS

Deck the Halls with Professor Hargreaves and the Chamber Education Report Card

Monday, December 12, 2011
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy
December is shaping up to be a busy month for the Chamber policy team in education. This Thursday, December 15, at 8 a.m., we’re hosting an Education 2020 Speaker Series event in the morning featuring renowned academic Andy Hargreaves. Professor Hargreaves spends much of his time at Boston College researching how organizations perform beyond expectations, pulling examples from education, but ...
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Report Card Committee Members Share Best Practices in Seattle

Friday, September 30, 2011
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy
A delegation of eight members from the Chamber’s Education Report Card Committee traveled to Seattle this week to share best practices of business engagement in education with six other communities. The gathering was organized and funded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce. The group's 60 participants were assigned to four different discussion groups, creating a ...
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Tags: Education Report Card Committee Derrick Free Becky Kantz Patricia Stokes Institute for a Competitive Workforce Ron Corbin Pam Daly Stephanie Coleman Marc Hill Dianne McDerman

Newly Appointed Committee Begins Work on Annual Education Report Card

Friday, August 12, 2011
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy
Since 1993, the Chamber has annually convened a diverse group of business and community representatives to evaluate the progress of Nashville's public school system. The committee examines academic performance data and publicly presents the Education Report Card, which includes findings and recommendations for improvement.

The 2011 committee began its work this week with an interim report from Metro Schools on ...
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Chamber Report Card Committee 'Encouraged, But Impatient'

Thursday, February 17, 2011
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy
The Chamber’s Education Report Card Committee presented its 18th annual report to a packed audience of Chamber members, educators and elected officials today. The report examines the 2009-2010 school year in Metro Schools and makes 10 recommendations for improvement. Because of the state’s move to implement more rigorous K-12 academic standards, the committee considers the past school year “a baseline ...
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Tags: Education Report Card Committee public education advocacy MNPS Metro Schools

Chamber Committee to Release Education Report Card

Thursday, January 20, 2011
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy
The Chamber’s Education Report Card Committee will publicly release its 18th annual report on Thursday, February 17 at the Adventure Science Center. The 24 members of the committee began their work last September, and are in the final stages of completing their work.

Committee Co-chairs Keith Belton of Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center and Cabot Pyle of the James Stephen ...
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Chamber Committee Begins Work on 18th Annual Education Report Card

Thursday, September 30, 2010
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy
Now that it’s September, the Chamber’s Education Report Card Committee has reconvened to begin work on producing its 18th annual report, which will be released in February 2011. Each year, the committee evaluates the overall performance of Metro Schools for the most recently completed school year. In addition to assessing the academic progress made in 2009-2010, the committee members chose ...
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Chamber's Education Report Card snags national award

Monday, August 16, 2010
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy

As the Chamber’s Education Report Card Committee prepares to start work on its 19th annual report, to be released in February 2011, it will do so with accolades from the national association for chamber professionals. At its annual meeting in Milwaukee on August 5, the American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) recognized the Nashville Chamber’s Report Card with the Grand ...

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Join Us in Our Support of Metro Schools

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy
The next few weeks and months will be a critical time for our schools. The proposed 2010-2011 budget for Metro Schools will likely determine whether MNPS is able to build on its recent progress.

Prioritizing education funding in the Metro budget process is crucial in order to cover the annual inflationary costs of Metro Schools so that cuts are not ...
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Cautious, Yet Optimistic, About Metro Nashville Schools’ Progress

Thursday, February 18, 2010
Posted by: Marc Hill - Policy

This morning, the Chamber’s Education Report Card Committee issued its 17th report card for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. The report annually assesses school district performance, and this year’s committee also chose to focus on the areas of special student populations (economically disadvantaged, English Language Learners and special education) and school funding. In evaluating the 2008-2009 school year, the committee ...

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