On May 4, we hosted an event in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to explore the role business leaders in our community should play in providing high-quality early education in our region. …
Lewis Lavine, a nonprofit and business ‘conversation builder and connector,’ dies at age 71
Lewis Lavine, a respected non-profit, business and government leader known as “a convener, conversation builder and connector,” died on Wednesday of heart failure. He was 71 years old. Lavine’s connections stretched to all corners of …
Nashville Public Education Foundation kicks off third annual ‘Show Your Love For Teachers’ Campaign. Nearly 200 area businesses participate in citywide effort to honor educators.
Thousands of Nashvillians – from parents to businesses and students to city leaders – are thanking Nashville’s 6,800 hardworking public school educators during the month of May as part of the third annual Show Your …
49 Metro Nashville teachers recognized as city’s elite educators
49 Metro Nashville Public Schools teachers were honored on Monday at the Blue Ribbon Teacher Awards. Launched in 2014, the awards aim to recognize top teaching talent in the district. Winners were chosen based on …
Why Metro’s director of schools gives Nashville’s business community a B
Nashville schools need more from the city’s business community, according to Shawn Joseph, Metro’s director of schools. It’s been nearly two years since Joseph took the helm, and business leaders have anxiously watched his performance …
Poll: Nashville Residents Want More Money For Schools
As Metro Nashville Public Schools deals with a major budget shortfall, a new survey released Thursday morning shows a majority of Nashville residents support increasing school funding. The citywide poll was conducted by Vanderbilt University, on …
Poll: Parents, voters agree the quality of Nashville’s schools is stagnant
A new poll shows parents and voters agree that the quality of Nashville’s public schools has remained stagnant over the past five years. The finding within the survey conducted by the Nashville Public Education Foundation of 500 …
Public overwhelmingly supports more funding for Nashville’s public schools
An overwhelming majority of Nashville residents – 81 percent – support increasing public school funding, according to the results of a citywide survey commissioned by the Nashville Public Education Foundation. Teacher pay, early literacy and …
Let’s bridge the gap to college!
We all know that a college degree is key to achieving success in work and life. But for many of our students, making the leap from high school to college is more challenging than it …
Only one in four Nashville schools graduates earn a degree after leaving the district, report shows
Less than a quarter of Metro Nashville Public Schools’ 4,480 graduates in 2011 earned a college degree after they left the city’s schools. The majority of those degree-earning students graduated from four-year colleges, according to a …
