Dear Friends, In 2011, Tennessee was trailing the nation educationally. Ranking between 46 to 41 in reading and math for fourth- and eighth-graders, Tennessee needed to do better. And, remarkably, Tennessee did. Our students now rank in the top half of all states for fourth-grade math and in the top 20 for fourth- and eighth-grade…
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today released a list of the top three education priorities for continuing the state’s recent unprecedented student achievement gains in a new report, 2016-17 State of Education in Tennessee. SCORE, a nonpartisan education research and advocacy nonprofit organization founded by Senator Bill Frist, MD, each year compiles the…
Teachers do life-changing work every day with students. They lead weeks-long units exploring big ideas, develop lesson plans that help students engage with complex texts and problems, and have daily conversations that, over time, shape the moral compasses of the future. Teachers engage in this work enthusiastically because they are passionate about setting students up for…