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Raising Expectations for Tennessee Students Through Common Core State Standards

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

At the Nashville Area Chamber, we understand the connection between quality education, a skilled workforce and regional economic prosperity. That’s why we’ve made public education improvement our No. 1 priority. The business community’s support is a key component in reaching the level of educational excellence our children deserve.

For this reason, we joined the Expect More, Achieve More coalition last ...

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Category: Education

Tags: Tennessee Department of Education Common Core State Standards Expect More, Achieve More Common Core

Chamber’s Report Card Committee Anxious for Dramatic Gains

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

Yesterday, the Chamber’s Education Report Card Committee presented its annual evaluation of Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) to a standing-room-only crowd at the Adventure Science Center. Along with school system performance, the committee analyzed charter schools due to the timeliness and urgency around addressing how charter schools will be integrated into the district’s overall strategy.

After an in-depth examination of ...

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Tags: Education Report Card Committee school reform Derrick Hines Elissa Kim MNPS Todd Vandawater Report Card school board

Help Us Spread the Word: When You Expect More, Students Achieve More

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

Improving public education is the Chamber’s No. 1 priority because of the many ways school quality impacts our community’s overall prosperity. That’s why we’re part of the Expect More, Achieve More coalition, a statewide alliance of business, community and education organizations working to build local awareness around Tennessee’s new Common Core State Standards. Along with 46 other states, Tennessee is ...

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Tags: Common Core State Standards Expect More, Achieve More Common Core public education advocacy public education

Learn about Metro School Board Candidates Before Voting in August

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

Nashvillians will head to the polls on Thursday, August 2, to elect five of the nine Metro school board members. This year’s election could be one of the most important in city history, as those elected will be in place to potentially hire a new director of schools when Dr. Jesse Register’s contract expires in 2015. Early voting begins Friday, ...

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Tags: voting Friends of Metro Schools elections NECAT Metro Board of Education school board

MNPS Reveals Details of New State Accountability System for Public Schools

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 brought a focus on data, accountability and success for all students. Still, most education observers believed the goals and deadlines were unrealistic. Tennessee now has a waiver releasing schools and districts from the NCLB accountability requirements and replacing them with new accountability measures. So what does that mean for Metropolitan ...

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Tags: No Child Left Behind education reform school performance education accountability MNPS school board

Developing Strong School Leaders is Critical for Student Success

Monday, March 26, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

Last week, the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) released its State of Education in Tennessee report. SCORE’s work in 2012 centers on four priorities: sustained policy leadership; robust professional learning for educators; strengthening teacher preparation programs; and expanding and strengthening the principal pipeline.

These priorities are centered on the need for strong leadership from educators and policymakers as ...

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Tags: Bill Frist Tennesseee State Collaborative on Reforming Education K-12 education Committee for Economic Development SCORE MNPS Jamie Woodson ASSET Achieving Student Success through Effective Teaching CED

School Board Studies Upcoming Capabilities of Data Warehouse

Friday, January 27, 2012

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

On Tuesday night, Nashville’s Metropolitan Board of Public Education met for a work session, where they learned about Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools’ data warehouse, also called LEADS (which stands for “Longitudinal Educational Analysis and Decision Support”), a database that provides a consolidated view of the whole child through academic data, attendance, discipline, supports and interventions, and other information. The district ...

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Tags: Metropolitan Board of Public Education Race to the Top Metro School Board MNPS data warehouse LEADS

Internationally Renowned Academic Lauds MNPS’s Reform Efforts

Friday, December 23, 2011

Posted by: Stephanie Coleman - Policy

Last week, business, education and community leaders heard from one of the world's best-known academics in the field of education reform and school turnaround at the Education 2020 Speaker Series, presented by the Chamber, Mayor Dean and the Lipscomb University College of Education.

Andy Hargreaves, the Thomas More Brennan Chair in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, provided ...

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Tags: Andy Hargreaves education reform E2020 Metro Schools

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