This Op-Ed originally appeared in the 7/26/11 Robertson County Times. The question is often asked why the chamber of commerce cares about what’s happening in our public schools. As in so many other areas of life, we all tend to live and work in “silos” without stepping back to take a look at the big…
I was fortunate to attend the SCORE Rural Education Summit last week where many great minds came together to discuss education reform and impact to Tennessee. Many topics held my interest – parent engagement, business partnerships, and legislative reforms. I was fortunate to be selected as a speaker on the topic of on-line and distance…
This post is a guest contribution to the SCORE Sheet from Laurie Brown and Ashley Buckelew who attended the Southeast Regional Rural Education Summit last week. Last week, we attended SCORE’s Southeast Regional Rural Education Summit to highlight the work of the Higher Achievement Summer School (H.A.S.S.), an intensive four-week summer experience we put together…
As a member of SCORE’s team this summer, I have learned a lot about the education issues that our nation faces and have dived into the very lively discussion between policy-makers, educators, parents, business leaders, and students themselves. What I have found, is that the term “at-risk” is thrown around a lot. It seems…
As a part of a series documenting the high school dropout crises in America, NPR has released a very compelling video that outlines the personal and public costs of dropping out of high school. Follow the link to NPR’s page by clicking below: How have you seen the high school dropout crises affect…