Metro Nashville Public Schools fell behind on every tested ACT measure and showed a marked drop in every category over last year’s results, according to 2016 ACT score results released to districts Tuesday. With Metro …
Nashville schools’ Shawn Joseph names chief of staff
A leader at a New York City nonprofit has been named as Metro Nashville Public Schools’ chief of staff — the last position to be filled in new Director of Schools Shawn Joseph‘s executive Cabinet. Jana Carlisle, who …
Public Schools Hall of Fame honorees announced
Renata Soto, co-founder and executive director of Conexión Américas, will receive the Nelson C. Andrews Distinguished Service Award at the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s 12th annual Public Schools Hall of Fame luncheon on Oct. 17. To read the …
Inductees to NPEF Public Schools Hall of Fame announced
Renata Soto, co-founder and executive director of Conexión Américas, will receive the Nelson C. Andrews Distinguished Service Award at the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s 12th annual Public Schools Hall of Fame luncheon on Oct. 17. …
Reaching a turning point for better schools
Nearly three years ago, certainly by the spring of 2014, Nashville’s public conversation about our public schools had gotten seriously off-track. The dialogue was extremely negative and was mostly about charter schools, not the rest …
Community Leaders Rallying Around Public Schools
Some of the city’s top civic leaders are joining hands to rally behind a renewed effort to strengthen and improve Nashville’s public schools. A broad cross-section of community leaders, including Mayor Megan Barry and new …
