“While there is often a perception that there is considerable disagreement in Nashville about how to best strengthen and improve our schools, we’re actually seeing great unanimity around the top priorities the city should tackle,” …
Keep Nashville runoff election focused on what counts
The next mayor will be elected before the Metro school board selects a new superintendent. The mayor and superintendent should be partners who continue to work on building academic achievement gains and address the challenges of a …
Tennessean listens to community’s education concerns
As part of The Tennessean’s exclusive look at Project RESET, the newspaper held a number of” listening sessions” where the community could weigh in on education issues. The four events held during May brought together community leaders, …
Does Register leave as schools director with good grades?
“He kept the district moving forward during difficult times and helped to pull our schools back from the brink of a state takeover,” Mayor Karl Dean. Jesse Register steps onto the dance floor at Casa …
RESET Saturday lifts hope for common education vision
“The Foundation is going to keep pressing to get more people talking about more things we can and must do — not just as a K-12 system, but as an entire city. We are going to …
Shannon Hunt: Faces of Nashville
Our fearless leader and CEO & President was featured in Style Blueprint’s Faces of Nashville this week. The success of this weekend’s first big gathering of Project RESET—Reimagining Education Starts with Everyone at the Table—was …
Educators essential to success of Nashville’s children
“Nashville has a chance to do something extraordinary. Something that will benefit students in every ZIP code in our city.” — Ron and Cicely Woodard After asking our son about his first day in third …
Can RESET rally Nashville around educational goals?
“To do our mission we felt we had to set the table for a larger conversation where lots of different groups come and talk more thoughtfully,” Shannon Hunt, NPEF CEO and President. Project LIFT began …
Education should be No. 1 priority, so talk about it
“Mayor Karl Dean listed education first among his top three priorities for Nashville when he gave his final State of Metro speech on April 30. He could not have been more right.” — David Plazas …
Nashville pre-K paving way for the future
“There are ways that four-year-olds learn best,” said Lisa Wiltshire, director of early learning innovation for Metro Schools. “Their brains are developing — they interact with the world in different ways.” What does a triangle …
