I thought I had left the judgmental eyes and awkwardness of middle school years ago, but I was transported back to this strange world last month for the start of summer school. As I quickly realized, middle school math is the last thing 7th and 8th grade students want to do in the summer….
Since this is my first blog post for SCORE, I wanted to use the opportunity to introduce myself. Born in Chattanooga, I now live just miles from where I grew up. I have two young children, one of whom just finished 5th grade at Normal Park Museum Magnet, a Hamilton County public school, and…
This post is a guest contribution to the SCORE Sheet from Dr. Gina Kunz and Dr. Susan Sheridan as part of our series on rural education leading up to the Southeast Regional Rural Education Summit on July 19-20. Despite the fact that more than 25 percent of U.S. schools are rural, much of the existing…
A few months ago I attended a community meeting where the topic of discussion was public education and how community members could support teachers, students and families. The folks around the table shared how the organizations they represented were working to support public education. A professor from an area college spoke about the college’s…
Kids just don’t wake up one morning and decide, “I think I am going to drop out of school today.” Dropping out of high school begins much earlier, before students even enroll in their freshman courses. Much of the focus of drop out prevention in the past has been on making sure high school…