Meet Jenna Davis, a fourth-grade teacher at Glenview Elementary School, which is part of Metro Nashville Public Schools. This is a profile of an MNPS educator as part of the occasional Teacher Talks series in …
City Landmarks Light Up Pink and Red to Celebrate Teachers
Nashville Public Education Foundation Concludes “Show Your Love for Teachers” Month With City Lighting Nashville’s skyline got a pink and red makeover last night. Major city landmarks lit up in celebration of the city’s public …
Katherine Nelligan, Fourth-Grade Teacher and Instructional Lead at Purpose Preparatory Academy
One of our goals with Lead With Literacy is to shine a light on bright spots throughout Nashville doing great work to grow student literacy achievement to new heights. We visited Purpose Preparatory Academy to …
2018 Music City SEL Conference
Would you like to learn more about Social Emotional Learning practices in Nashville’s public schools and communities? Sign up for the Social Emotional Learning Conference, hosted by MNPS and Alignment Nashville’s Behavioral Health A-Team. The …
Summer Reading Tips From PBS Parents (for Babies, Toddlers and Young Children, and for Kindergartners, First-Graders, and Readers and Writers)
PBS Parents offers a great resource for summer reading tips to make reading fun and meaningful for a variety of ages. Research tells us that students who do not read over the summer can experience …
How To Help Your Kids Tackle Their Required Summer Reading
Sometimes, if reading is required over the summer, it can feel as though it takes out all the fun. Many schools give out a required summer reading list, though, because reading over the summer is …
Nashville Library Summer Reading Challenge
Want to make reading this summer extra-fun? Sign up for the Nashville Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge! You can register online here or at any public library branch. The more minutes you read, the more …
R.H. Boyd and Jump In!
The Nashville Public Education Foundation is so thankful for the partnership with R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation and Ladonna Boyd, who has donated hundreds of books to kick-start the efforts to get high-quality, diverse books into …
Top 10 Ways To Make Reading Fun This Summer!
We asked our Teacher Cabinet members for some fun ideas to get kids reading over the summer and avoid the “summer slide.” See below for some great tips from Klavish Faraj, teacher at Paragon Mills …
