NPEF produces “Why I Teach,” a 20-minute film highlighting the daily responsibilities of public schools teachers to highlight the talent in Metro Nashville Public Schools and spark conversation on how to best support educators.

In partnership with other local nonprofits focused on the health and well-being of young people, the Nashville Public Education Foundation helps launch the Nashville Child and Youth Collaborative to center community conversations around the needs of our city’s youngest residents in the 2023 mayoral election and beyond.

NPEF launches Teacherpreneur, a new program aimed to harness educator innovation to remove inequities and build schools where all students thrive by providing professional learning to help teachers design and refine solutions and pitch their prototypes for cash prizes and seed funding.

Driven by recommendations from the Bridge to Completion reports, NPEF launches Nashville Goes to College, an online resource for students and families to help navigate the college-going process, specifically intended for first-generation college students.

NPEF begins awarding the Blue Ribbon Teacher award to 50 teachers each year, in partnership with Metro Nashville Public Schools and Nashville’s Agenda, to recognize educators who exhibit instructional excellence, promote student growth, exemplify teacher leadership, and provide all students with an equitable and just education.

NPEF produces “By Design: The Shaping of Nashville’s Public Schools,” an hour-long film examining historical moments of public schools in Nashville dating back to the 1800s intended to generate awareness and stimulate policy solutions for a better public school system where all students thrive.

NPEF creates the research-based Thriving Schools Framework exploring the conditions necessary to create schools where all students thrive and explaining how the presence of these conditions leads to increased student performance and agency.

NPEF partners with the Tennessee College Access and Success Network and Metro Nashville Public Schools to analyze college-going data for MNPS graduates in order to identify trends and barriers and make recommendations for change.