Lifting Tennessee students to be among the best in the nation cannot occur without empowering Tennessee educators to be advocates for their students and profession. The Tennessee Educator Fellowship is an opportunity for passionate educators to find and use their voice on behalf of their students. Three fellows in this year’s cohort share what they…
Public education is a vitally important issue to Tennessee voters, and a SCORE poll conducted in December found that voters cite education as the single most important issue in determining how they will cast a ballot in the August primaries for governor. Against that backdrop, SCORE co-hosted the 2018 Gubernatorial Forum on Education in January…
Within my small Title 1 elementary school in East Tennessee there are numerous professionals working daily to meet the multitude of needs of our students. Our team includes a principal, associate principal, classroom teachers, special education teachers, related arts teachers, interventionists, an English language learner specialist, a family liaison, a variety of therapists including speech,…
Tennessee voters think education is one of the most important issues the next governor will face and this year’s election comes at a critical time in the statewide efforts to improve the academic performance of students in Tennessee’s public schools. To highlight the importance of education in the state, and in partnership with Belmont…
When Governor Haslam said in his State of the State address that he wants Tennessee to lead the nation in public education, his challenge matched what SCORE heard from Tennesseans last summer. During a series of statewide conversations, Tennessee educators, parents, and business and community leaders in urban, suburban, and rural areas across the state…