Since the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) was launched in 2009, Tennesseans have dedicated themselves to improving student achievement in our state. This commitment – in leadership, policy, and practice – has led Tennessee to a significant milestone. In 2013, the Nation’s Report Card confirmed that Tennessee is now the fastest-improving state in the…
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today released 2013-14 State of Education in Tennessee, a comprehensive annual report that assesses Tennessee’s recent work to improve K-12 student academic performance and identifies five priorities for public education this year. The 52-page report was released by SCORE’s founder and chairman, Senator Bill Frist, M.D., at an…
When I first started my internship with SCORE, I remember hearing a lot about SCORE’s commitment to “sharing best practices.” At the time, I knew very little about what that meant, or what that would look like. Over the course of the semester however, I became familiar with what some of the best practices throughout…
In 1981 Barbara Mandrell released the song “I Was Country, When Country Wasn’t Cool.” In the song, Mandrell reflected on the things she did that were country before others found them to be “cool” and began to mimic those same things. In many ways, Career and Technical Education teachers could make the same proclamation about…
I know that it sounds like something fundamental. Every day the teacher assigns math homework, and the next day the students and teacher go over it together. It just makes sense. For years it has been a staple part of the lesson experience in my classroom. In recent years, I have not participated in that…