The latest ACT results for Tennessee show progress in college and career readiness of graduates and reflect the impact of the work by the state to encourage seniors to retake the exam. Across subject areas on the college-entrance exam, performance rose in notable ways. The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) reported that a calculation based…
“There is an undeniable connection between education and health. That’s why now, more than ever, we need a public education system producing more high school graduates who are better prepared for a career or college and life.” These words were written by Senator Bill Frist, MD, the founder and chairman of SCORE, in 2011. They remain…
As one of 18 states in which 100 percent of graduating high school seniors have taken the ACT college entrance examination, ACT scores represent an important indicator of college and career readiness in Tennessee. This year, more than 63,000 public high school graduates statewide took the exam—an increase of more than 3,000 test-takers from 2015—and…
Although a substantial body of research has indicated students of color tend to benefit educationally when they have the opportunity to receive instruction from and form relationships with teachers from similar backgrounds, many districts nationwide struggle to recruit, support, and retain high-performing teachers of color to provide that instruction and form those relationships. For this…
I recently traveled with a delegation from Tennessee to visit a wiring packaging facility in Carrollton, Georgia—an unlikely place, perhaps, for the Director of Policy and Research at a nonprofit education organization. I joined colleagues, however, from state government, school and district leaders, teachers, and business representatives to learn about 12 for Life, a program…