“When we bring young high school athletes onto Vanderbilt’s campus, hoping they will choose our university, I like to put a football and a stack of books on the ground in front of them. Try standing …
Reset debate on improving Nashville public education
“We must stop having narrow conversations designed to divide us over tactics and instead have an honest conversation about how to get greater results faster. We must all be open to different strategies that get …
Foundation hopes to reset talk on Nashville education
“Reset: A verb — To start again. That’s what the Nashville Public Education Foundation hopes to accomplish with what it is calling Project RESET. It’s an effort to restart the conversation and set new expectations for …
50 Blue Ribbon Teacher Award Recipients Announced
Fifty Metro teachers have been selected to receive the prestigious recognition of being a Blue Ribbon Teacher through a local, community-driven award program aimed at identifying our city’s strongest teachers. The Blue Ribbon Teacher program …
Country Music Star Hunter Hayes to Perform at Foundation’s Hall of Fame Luncheon
Country music star Hunter Hayes will perform at the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s 11th annual Public Schools Hall of Fame luncheon on Thursday, May 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Country Music …
Foundation Announces New Board Officers
The Nashville Public Education Foundation’s board of directors has elected prominent Nashville leaders to serve as officers for 2015. The newly elected board officers are: Chairman – Greg Burns, president and CEO of Gregory Burns …
Music partnership with Foundation, Metro Schools, makes Nationwide List
For the second year in a row, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools’s music education program, Music Makes Us, is being recognized as being one of the country’s top music education programs! The NAMM Foundation announced that …
Hall of Fame Honorees Recognized in Nashville Business Journal
All six honorees for our annual Public Schools Hall of Fame have been recognized in the Nashville Business Journal’s feature, “People on the Move in Nashville.” Click the pictures below to be directed to their individual …
The Tennessean lends support to Project RESET
In today’s Tennessean, journalist David Plazas discusses Nashville’s future of public education and suggests Project RESET as a framework that implements “The public’s investment of time, energy and ideas is essential … and that’s why …
Project RESET Kicks off Citywide Conversation on Education
The Nashville Public Education Foundation (NPEF) announced today Project RESET, a citywide education conversation to promote cooperation and innovation in supporting and improving our public schools. Project RESET, which stands for Reimagining Education Starts with …
