One of Nashville’s premier education nonprofits, UniCycle, and community social impact group Restorative Student Leaders have been named finalists for the Nashville Public Education Foundation (NPEF)’s Inspiring Innovation Award. The winner will be announced at …
Judge Richard Dinkins To Be Inducted Into Public Schools Hall of Fame
Judge Richard Dinkins, passionate civil rights activist and judge for the Tennessee Court of Appeals, will be honored with the Nelson C. Andrews Distinguished Service Award at the Nashville Public Education Foundation (NPEF)’s 15th annual …
NPEF, TCASN To Present Findings and Recommendations From Bridge to Completion: The First Year of Nashville’s Campaign for College Success
The Nashville Public Education Foundation and the Tennessee College Access and Success Network will jointly present the findings from their recently released report, Bridge to Completion: The First Year of Nashville’s Campaign for College Success, …
New Report Reveals Racial Disparities in College Success for MNPS Graduates
Less than 20 percent of Black graduates of Metro Nashville Public Schools complete college within six years of high school graduation, according to a sobering new report released today. The 2019 Bridge to Completion report, …
United Way to Lead the “Blueprint For Early Childhood Success” Citywide Literacy Plan
The United Way of Metropolitan Nashville has been selected as the lead organization to manage the implementation of the “Blueprint for Early Childhood Success,” the first-of-its-kind citywide literacy plan to double the number of Nashville …
Nashville educator Paula Pendergrass is teaching her students civility. Her lessons can help all of us
Paula Pendergrass’ students do not follow rules; rather, they exercise their rights and meet their obligations. These rights and obligations are laid out plainly on a poster at her Granbery Elementary School classroom in Brentwood. …
Katie Cour’s Bio
Katie Cour comes to the Nashville Public Education Foundation with almost 20 years of experience in the education, political and nonprofit sectors. Previously, she was the executive director of Talent Strategy for Metro Nashville Public …
Education Foundation names president, CEO
The Nashville Public Education Foundation has named Katie Cour, education consultant and former executive director of talent strategy at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, its new president and CEO. Cour, a Nashville native, comes to the …
2018 Public Schools Hall of Fame
Mayor David Briley, Director of Schools Dr. Shawn Joseph, and nearly 1,000 community members came together Tuesday, October 2 to celebrate public school excellence. Here, they honored new inductees into the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s Public Schools Hall of Fame during …
NPEF Board Announces New President and CEO
After an extensive local and national search, the Nashville Public Education Foundation (NPEF) board of directors announced today that Katie Cour, education consultant and former executive director of Talent Strategy at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools …
