NiswongerCARE is using near-peer advising and the Big Bright Future initiative to improve postsecondary completion for students in northeast Tennessee. Similar programming could help even more students realize college and career success.
Makayla, a recent high school graduate in West Tennessee, is an example of students impacted by “summer melt.” Currently on a TCAT waitlist, Makayla is one of the students profiled in SCORE’s Stopping Summer Melt report.
A Dyersburg summer learning camp aimed to close learning gaps caused by the pandemic while engaging students in activities that make them excited to learn. Camp codirector Brenda Gibson calls it a success on both counts.
A Tennessee teacher explains why he signed up for Reading 360 skills training and how he sees it as a tool to become a more effective educator.
SCORE’s latest report, Stopping Summer Melt: What Students Say And What Tennessee Can Do, breaks down what summer melt is and how it’s impacting our state and shares firsthand stories of Tennessee students who have been affected by it.