Resources
Our reporting and data demonstrate how we intend to change the education narrative in Nashville and highlight opportunities where we can advocate for change in our schools.
Advocacy Agenda
Our advocacy agenda focuses on two areas: school conditions and city and state systems. We believe collective action in both of these focus areas is crucial to eliminating inequities and barriers to educational experiences so that all students thrive.Download Agenda
By Design: The Shaping of Nashville's Public Schools
By Design: The Shaping of Nashville's Public Schools has been produced by NPEF in collaboration with education experts, leading historians, community and state leaders, and students from defining moments in Nashville’s public-school history dating back to the 1800s. The hour-long documentary will be released in summer 2021.Watch Trailer
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Bridge to Completion 2021
The 2021 Bridge to Completion report analyzes MNPS graduate data to identify trends in college enrollment, persistence, and attainment. The report makes several recommendations to improve the supports and opportunities for students to succeed in college and career, with an added lens of the effects on college-going of the COVID-19 pandemic.Download Report
Infographic: Attending school in a fully funded district
Imagine with us: What would it look like to attend school in a fully funded district? Our infographic explores the possibilities of what full funding would provide our students and families and how it would ensure all students thrive in school. What does a fully funded district look like to you?Download Infographic
Infographic: Teaching in a fully funded district
Imagine with us: What would it look like to teach in a fully funded district? Our infographic explores the possibilities of what full funding would provide our district's educators and the impact for students and families. What does a fully funded district look like to you?Download Infographic
Ideas In Action: spotlight on Possip 3/31/21
Ideas in Action is a series spotlighting innovative practices and strategies to take beyond the COVID era. This edition highlights Possip, a Nashville-based company MNPS expanded use of in order to get regular feedback from families and include them as partners during COVID-19 and beyond.Read the Spotlight
Ideas In Action: spotlight on Navigator 3/24/21
Ideas in Action is a series spotlighting innovative practices and strategies to take beyond the COVID era. This edition highlights Navigator a district initiative to help maintain relationships with students and families during and virtual learning while connecting them to vital resources.Read the Spotlight
Funding Our Schools: How Tennessee's Funding Formula Fails to Meet the Needs of Nashville's Students
Read our informational Policy Brief detailing what the BEP is, the challenges the current funding formula presents, and its significant consequences for our district, schools, and students.Download the Brief
Ideas In Action: spotlight on Nearpod, 3/9/21
Ideas In Action is a series spotlighting innovative practices and strategies to take beyond the COVID era. This edition highlights Nearpod, an online tool to help make lessons engaging and interactive which has been a game-changer for several Overton High School teachers.Read the Spotlight
Infographic: Education Funding Glossary
View our infographic to learn the definitions of key terms related to the funding of our city's public schools, such as BEP, fiscal capacity, and Student-Based Budgeting.Download Infographic
Infographic: How Are Our Schools Funded?
View our infographic to learn about what BEP (Basic Education Plan) is and how it affects education funding in our state and city.Download Infographic
Webinar: Exceptional Education in MNPS
Watch our webinar from January 27, 2021 titled "Exceptional Education in MNPS: How do we support our special education students to thriving?" with a panel featuring educator, family, and student voice.Watch Webinar
2020 Progress Report
Read our 2020 Progress Report to learn about our work as conveners, collaborators, and investors towards our goals: supporting teachers and leaders, celebrating success, and advocating for change.Read Report
Thriving Schools Advocacy Guide
This resource provides guidance on how we can collectively work together to create schools where all kids thrive. The guide includes a checklist for each of NPEF's Thriving Schools Framework conditions as well as a list of things you can do today to create a thriving school.Download Guide
SAMPLE: Op-Ed
Use this sample op-ed to write your own piece advocating for increasing teacher pay or another important public education issue and send it to your local newspaper or other news source to be published.Download Template
SAMPLE: Letter to a Metro Council Member
Use this sample letter to write your own letter to a member of the Metro Council advocating for increasing teacher pay or another important public education issue.Download Template
Infographic: Who Makes Decisions About Our Schools?
This infographic provides information on the roles played by local and state government and other stakeholders related to public education in Nashville.Download Infographic
Webinar: Inequities of the Nashville Youth Experience
Watch our webinar from June 30, 2020 titled A City Where All Youth Thrive: A Conversation about Dismantling the Inequities of the Nashville Youth Experience led by Dr. Maury Nation from Vanderbilt University.Watch Webinar
Webinar: Navigating COVID-19 as an English Learner in MNPS
Watch our webinar from September 23, 2020 titled Navigating COVID-19 as an English Learner in MNPS: Community Perspectives on Supporting Students and Families with a panel of those working closest with Nashville's EL students and families.Watch Webinar
Bridge to Completion 2020
This is the third in a series of reports that analyze college-going data of MNPS graduates and use that data to understand the barriers affecting college completion in our city and make recommendations on how to eliminate them.Download Report
Bridge to Completion 2019
This report goes beyond 2018 report data by digging into the student pipeline across race and ethnicity and across district schools to better highlight opportunities to increase college completion.Download Report
Bridge to Completion 2018
This report takes a look into the challenges and barriers that high school and college students face, and suggests a community effort to bring up Nashville’s college-going and college-completion rates to the national average.Download Report
A Framework for Thriving Schools
Our Thriving Schools Framework explores the conditions necessary to create thriving schools and explains how the presence of these conditions leads to increased student performance and agency.Download Report
Citywide Poll 2020
NPEF conducted a citywide poll in August 2020 on to assess public opinion on key education topics, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Nashville voters underscored potential for public schools and articulated needs for disadvantaged communities.Download Release
NPEF Inequities Brief
This brief includes our recommendations for identifying and dismantling the inequities baked into our schools and communities that prevent too many of our students from thriving.Download Report
Strategic Plan Overview
This framework is centered around the vision of what it would be like if every child in Nashville were thriving in our schools every day. We aim to support teachers and leaders to build schools where all kids thrive.Download Report
Blueprint for Early Childhood Success
The Blueprint combines the thought leadership of community groups, volunteer partners, parents, students and educators to create a framework that will prevent any child or family from slipping through the cracks.Download Report
