After graduating from college, I spent two years teaching math at a high school in rural Mississippi. The experience was a rewarding one that invested me deeply in education, but it was also immensely frustrating, exhausting, and humbling. It wasn’t until I moved back to Nashville and began learning about policies and reforms taking place…
By Laura Louis and Benjamin Smith Students sit next to each other for 60 minutes a day 180 days a year, yet they don’t actually know each other. They can text each other at a rate of 50 words per minute, but they don’t know anything about their classmates that isn’t posted somewhere. They are…
Dear Friends, The most important in-school factor in raising student achievement is great teaching. Over the years, I have seen that a great teacher also brings a solid and trusted voice to the discussion about improving student achievement. SCORE is committed to empowering teachers to have a greater impact on key state-level education policy issues….
I will never forget the feeling as I walked off the stage toward my seat. A lovely lady behind me reminded me to take a deep breath after I had given, for the first time ever, a 30-minute keynote speech in front of over a thousand educators. They were all standing on their feet offering…
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today announced it is launching the Tennessee Educator Fellowship, a program that will provide Tennessee teachers an opportunity to have a greater impact on key state-level education policy issues. The Tennessee Educator Fellows will be led by Tennessee teacher Cicely Woodard. “Tennessee is the fastest-improving state in the…