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Month: July 2012

Rural Rise to the Challenge Finalists

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Mary Cypress Metz

Voting has now ended. Thank you to everyone who submitted inspiring stories about rising to the challenge and improving student achievement in rural areas! The winning entry, Viking Advertising, received a $100 Donors Choose gift card. Finalist 1: The Trials of SpongeBob Square Pants By: Karen Terry Camden Junior High School, Benton County, TN As a…

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Exhibit A in a culture of low expectations

Posted on July 30, 2012 by David Mansouri

Much of the education-reform community is buzzing about an opinion piece that appeared in yesterday’s New York Times. The piece, Is Algebra Necessary?, can be summed up in the first paragraph: A typical American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra. In both high school…

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Proof points for what matters: improved student achievement

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Jamie Woodson

In the efforts to improve student achievement, there are moments to stop, reflect, and celebrate the good work that is happening across Tennessee. The district-specific student achievement data released today by the state Department of Education provide us one of those moments. In the majority of our state’s school districts, we are better preparing students…

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The Zip Code to Success

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Courtney Williams

A student’s address should not determine the quality of his or her education. But often it does. As an undergraduate at Rhodes College in Memphis, I have become acutely aware of the unfortunate relationship between the economic situation of a community and the academic achievement of its schools. Only 20 minutes of driving time separates…

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Aligning education and business starts with a simple, but demanding, commitment

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Gary Goff

Gov. Bill Haslam has started a great conversation about higher education in Tennessee. A central theme is already clear: higher education must do more to give students skills that employers need. During the past year, Roane State Community College has worked on an Oak Ridge business/education partnership called the Rural Communities STEM Initiative (RCSI) with…

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