The Nashville School Board made this community proud by coming together and selecting a highly qualified and competent educator, Shawn Joseph, as the new school system director. That decision day was Friday the 13th was not …
Shawn Joseph is Nashville’s new schools chief
Shawn Joseph is Nashville’s next director of schools, capping a tumultuous year that saw one failed search lead to a second with greater community involvement and an eventual unanimous decision by the Metro school board to pick …
Nashville school board selects top three director candidates
Nashville will get a better look at three Metro Nashville Public Schools director candidates next week, setting up a possible board decision May 13 to fill the city’s top education job — a post that has been vacant for nearly a year. The …
Nashville schools director candidates please task force
The Metro Nashville Public Schools superintendent recruitment firm followed its marching orders almost precisely, plucking candidates from in or near every district the Nashville school board’s 17-member director task force recommended searching. The two outliers are Joel Boyd, Santa …
Help Nashville School Board cross director search ‘finish line’
Last Saturday’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon offers many lessons for Nashville School Board members as they seek to hire a permanent director in the course of 12 days. The winding, hilly path can be treacherous …
Speak up for best schools superintendent for Nashville
On any given day, 86,000 Nashville children will enter a public school that will help determine their future. They will learn from more than 10,000 teachers, principals and staff members, who will be a difference …
Time to pick the right schools leader
There have been several times during the second iteration of the Metro schools director search that have, quite incongruously, made me think about the 1983 coming of age movie “Risky Business,” which was the film …
Nashville school board gets director search protocols
Metro Nashville Public Schools board members were given list of protocols Tuesday in how they should conduct themselves in interviewing candidates that could be the city’s next director of schools. On the list is for board members to refrain from …
Elections, director search don’t hamper schools budget
On Thursday interim Metro Schools Director Chris Henson, along with school board chairwoman Sharon Gentry and budget committee chairwoman Mary Pierce, pitched the mayor for a $42.5 million increase in the schools budget. What they didn’t do, as …
Businesses offer area teachers year-round discounts
Area businesses have decided to show teachers some love year-round, after the Nashville Public Education Foundation was able to work to extend the February “Show Your Love for Teachers” month. The campaign created discounts at local …