A game plan to find Metro Nashville Public Schools’ next director is set, and it will be up to the school board to execute. The board’s 17-member director-search task forceFriday finished its report that provides 10 recommendations on how …
Use Johnny Cash’s advice on picking schools director
In a 1993 interview, Nashville legend Johnny Cash talked about how important the roadblocks he encountered, and the failures he endured, were ultimately crucial to the success he had. “You build on failure. You use it …
The 10 Things Metro Schools Needs to Attract the Right Stuff
Following two months of brainstorming among members of a mayor-appointed advisory committee charged with gathering community input for making the second search for the next superintendent a success, the group on Friday released a set …
Nashville Public School Foundation board additions
Former public school educator Ashley Cook and UBS Business Solution Center Nashville Managing Director Wanda Lyle have joined the Nashville Public Education Foundation board of directors. To read the full article, click here.
Sharon Dixon Gentry: FACES of Nashville
Sharon Gentry describes herself as a “Constructive Malcontent,” a person who gets antsy when she sees opportunities for things to be better — in any arena. As Metro School Board chair, education is a natural …
Public School Champions Ashley Cook and Wanda Lyle join Nashville Public Education Board
Former public school educator Ashley Cook and UBS Business Solution Center Nashville Managing Director Wanda Lyle have joined the Nashville Public Education Foundation board of directors. A graduate of public schools, Cook has dedicated her …
Group highlights attributes of next Nashville schools chief
The leader Nashville needs for its schools and where to find that person are becoming clear after the second meeting Friday of Metro Schools’ director-search task force. Each of the 17 members of the task …
On the Move: 5 January 2016: Nashville Public Education Foundation announces board officers
The Nashville Public Education Foundation Board of Directors has elected its officers for 2016. The newly elected board officers are: Chairman – Ralph Davis, partner at Cressey & Company Vice Chairman – David Williams, vice …
