“The Foundation is going to keep pressing to get more people talking about more things we can and must do — not just as a K-12 system, but as an entire city. We are going to …
Shannon Hunt: Faces of Nashville
Our fearless leader and CEO & President was featured in Style Blueprint’s Faces of Nashville this week. The success of this weekend’s first big gathering of Project RESET—Reimagining Education Starts with Everyone at the Table—was …
Educators essential to success of Nashville’s children
“Nashville has a chance to do something extraordinary. Something that will benefit students in every ZIP code in our city.” — Ron and Cicely Woodard After asking our son about his first day in third …
Can RESET rally Nashville around educational goals?
“To do our mission we felt we had to set the table for a larger conversation where lots of different groups come and talk more thoughtfully,” Shannon Hunt, NPEF CEO and President. Project LIFT began …
Nashville’s Public Schools Get Big Community Boost
Honorees highlight best of Nashville’s public education alumni and volunteers Hundreds of Nashvillians gathered at the Country Music Hall of Fame on Thursday, May 14, to honor six new inductees into the Nashville Public Education …
Education should be No. 1 priority, so talk about it
“Mayor Karl Dean listed education first among his top three priorities for Nashville when he gave his final State of Metro speech on April 30. He could not have been more right.” — David Plazas …
Nashville pre-K paving way for the future
“There are ways that four-year-olds learn best,” said Lisa Wiltshire, director of early learning innovation for Metro Schools. “Their brains are developing — they interact with the world in different ways.” What does a triangle …
Have a voice in the future of Nashville education
“Nashville is growing faster than many other metro areas in the United States. Our economy is strong, and thousands of people are moving here every month. These are facts we document regularly in the pages of …
Unified Nashville can make a difference for our schools
“When we bring young high school athletes onto Vanderbilt’s campus, hoping they will choose our university, I like to put a football and a stack of books on the ground in front of them. Try standing …
Reset debate on improving Nashville public education
“We must stop having narrow conversations designed to divide us over tactics and instead have an honest conversation about how to get greater results faster. We must all be open to different strategies that get …
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