In coordination with the Mayor’s Office and Director of Schools Dr. Shawn Joseph, a new effort kicks off this month to bring greater focus, bolder thinking and a collective approach to tackling Nashville’s early literacy …
How you can help improve Metro schools’ reading level
Metro’s new director of schools, Shawn Joseph, has made it clear that raising childhood literacy rates will be front and center in his administration. Mayor Megan Barry has been in lockstep with Joseph on the …
Nashville school district lacks a central vision, transition team says
The presentation Tuesday night of the over 100 recommendations laid out as a foundation by Director Shawn Joseph’s transition team to improve Metro Nashville Public Schools barely touched on the underlying reasoning. Within the appendix of the recommendations, however, …
Seven Big Ideas From Metro Schools To Keep An Eye On
First-year superintendent Shawn Joseph’s transition team has laid out 100 ideas to make Metro Schools better, and some of them would be major undertakings. Many of the suggestions are not yet fully fleshed out. One …
Metro Public Schools says it needs funds to deliver on changes
Metro Public Schools Director Dr. Shawn Joseph heard from his transition team Tuesday about ways to improve student achievement in the district. The team came up with more than 100 recommendations, following a November report. …
Transition team recommends big changes for Nashville schools
Metro Nashville Public Schools should consider moving fifth grade to elementary schools to help address student attrition between elementary and middle school, according to recommendations in a report Tuesday night by Director of Schools Shawn …