Dear Friends: As a state, Tennessee has been committed to dramatically improving academic outcomes for all students. In order to achieve our ambitious goals, it is vital that we not only highlight the schools and districts that are leading the way in student learning but also explore the specific strategies that lead to success for…
Luis Gerardo Carmona moved from Mexico City to Manchester, Tenn., two years ago, with his wife and two young sons. To call it a big transition would be an understatement. Relocating from a city of 25 million people to a town of 10,000 was change enough, to say nothing of taking on a new language…
I coach high school debate, where we utilize a concept called a counterplan. The counterplan lets the opposing team propose an alternative course of action that they believe would be better than what the other team is proposing. This is a high-level concept, and so we try to explain it through a simple, if somewhat…
Assessment isn’t bad. Whew! I got that off my chest. And before you take a breath to agree or disagree, let me explain why I threw that out there. My recent thumbing through various social media platforms proves that assessment is THE hot topic in the current education debate. From YouTube videos to #TwitterChats to…