Dear Friends, Summer road trips are a quintessential American tradition. They allow us to discover new things and connect with people and places. In 2009, SCORE took a road trip across Tennessee, visiting and getting feedback from people across the state. Those thoughts and conversations led to the release of A Roadmap to Success, which…
Dear Friends, Teachers encourage confidence and model success for students. They guide students through difficult times, and inspire them to follow their dreams. Eighty-eight percent of American adults reported having a teacher who made a difference in their life. What other profession has the potential to impact the lives of others in such a meaningful,…
Dear Friends, “Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths,” author and statesman Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe wrote. After two weeks of successful administration of the TNReady assessment, many educational stakeholders in our state feel like we are about to crest a summit after a challenging trek. TNReady is the culmination of a push to…
Dear Friends, Tennessee’s famous nickname the “Volunteer State” comes from our citizens’ history of volunteering for military service. To this day, Tennessee ranks 12th in the nation in the number of military families, with more than 2,189 active duty military servicemen and women and nearly 19,000 members of the military reserves, and half a million…
Dear Friends, In 2011, Tennessee was trailing the nation educationally. Ranking between 46 to 41 in reading and math for fourth- and eighth-graders, Tennessee needed to do better. And, remarkably, Tennessee did. Our students now rank in the top half of all states for fourth-grade math and in the top 20 for fourth- and eighth-grade…