In the 2022 legislative session, the 112th General Assembly built on the foundation of the 2021 Tennessee Literacy Success Act, passing legislation to further strengthen reading support for K-3 students.
Tennessee lawmakers took important steps during the 2022 legislative session to strengthen and invest in the state’s postsecondary system. Their efforts focused on three key strategies: connect education and the workforce, expand postsecondary affordability, and strengthen pathways to student success.
A recent SCORE Institute gave an overview of Education Strategy Group’s Momentum Metrics, a set of indicators predictive of students’ postsecondary enrollment and success, plus a look at how two Tennessee school districts are using those metrics to boost postsecondary success for students.
The latest session of the Tennessee General Assembly included some historic wins for Tennessee students. Perhaps the most significant: passage of the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA), a student-weighted funding formula to replace the state’s outdated resource-based funding model.
Ruth Ann Holt of Columbia State Community College reflects on her year in in the Complete Tennessee Leadership Institute, the program that builds community advocates and promotes local ownership to increase higher education completion rates in Tennessee.