We talk a lot about leaders. The nation is considering who best to serve as its next president. Fans are analyzing the playing styles put in place by the coaches of their favored NCAA basketball tournament teams. Speculation abounds about where Peyton Manning will next play as quarterback. We tend to think a lot about…
Trey entered seventh grade the year I entered teaching. Unfortunately, Trey was not concerned with his grades. For his erratic behavior, Trey spent over 80 days in suspension. On Tennessee’s 2010 TCAP tests, he SCOREd basic and below basic in every subject. I was his geography teacher, and Trey was failing. For many in education,…
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) will release our annual State of Education in Tennessee report on Tuesday, March 20. SCORE Chairman and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will present the report at a press conference at the beginning of SCORE’s quarterly Steering Committee meeting. The 2011-12 State of Education in Tennessee…
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today launched the Rural Education Network, a group of education leaders from throughout Tennessee and the nation that is committed to improving public education in rural communities. The network will help identify, spread, and share best practices in rural education, foster learning among network members, and provide SCORE…
Eliza teaches math to one third of the students in sixth grade, some of whom are also in her homeroom class. During her 25-minute homeroom, Eliza takes attendance, goes over announcements, usually does a short activity with her students, and then lines them up to go on to their next classes. In her math classes…