A “Show Your Love for Teachers” campaign has gotten underway, and it’s a citywide effort to recognize and thank Nashville teachers. The Metro Council recently passed a resolution declaring the week of February 15 as …
Huge and Associates picked to lead Nashville schools director search
Consulting firm Jim Huge and Associates is expected to lead Nashville’s recruitment efforts for a new director of schools. The board unanimously voted Friday night to move forward with the firm, which was one of …
Metro School Board Hires New Firm for Superintendent Search Reboot
After months of planning how to restart its search for the next superintendent of Metro Nashville Public Schools, the local board of education has agreed on a new firm to hunt down candidates. A committee …
Roy Exum: ‘Chatt2.org’ Needs You Now
A diverse yet powerful panel of community leaders in Nashville delivered a letter to the Metro Nashville Board of Education last week. It was signed by some top men and women who represent a wide-ranking …
Nashville schools director task force offers recommendations
A game plan to find Metro Nashville Public Schools’ next director is set, and it will be up to the school board to execute. The board’s 17-member director-search task forceFriday finished its report that provides 10 recommendations on how …
Use Johnny Cash’s advice on picking schools director
In a 1993 interview, Nashville legend Johnny Cash talked about how important the roadblocks he encountered, and the failures he endured, were ultimately crucial to the success he had. “You build on failure. You use it …
The 10 Things Metro Schools Needs to Attract the Right Stuff
Following two months of brainstorming among members of a mayor-appointed advisory committee charged with gathering community input for making the second search for the next superintendent a success, the group on Friday released a set …
Nashville Public School Foundation board additions
Former public school educator Ashley Cook and UBS Business Solution Center Nashville Managing Director Wanda Lyle have joined the Nashville Public Education Foundation board of directors. To read the full article, click here.
Sharon Dixon Gentry: FACES of Nashville
Sharon Gentry describes herself as a “Constructive Malcontent,” a person who gets antsy when she sees opportunities for things to be better — in any arena. As Metro School Board chair, education is a natural …
Group highlights attributes of next Nashville schools chief
The leader Nashville needs for its schools and where to find that person are becoming clear after the second meeting Friday of Metro Schools’ director-search task force. Each of the 17 members of the task …