Creating A Momentum-Building Year To Boost Tennessee’s College-Going Rate
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from October 21, 2022. Focus: THEC’s Momentum-Building Year To Boost Tennessee’s College-Going Rate
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus podcast highlights cutting-edge ideas and practices that can make a difference for students.
Persist Nashville’s City-Based Approach To College Persistence
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from September 23, 2022. Focus: Persist Nashville
Creating Stronger Pathways From K-12 To Postsecondary
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from August 26, 2022. Focus: Greater Together Clarksville
Creating A More Diverse Teacher Pipeline For Students
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from May 13, 2022. Focus: Man Up’s work to create a more diverse teacher pipeline.
Preparing Students For Success In College And Career
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from April 1, 2022. Focus: PEF Chattanooga’s work to better prepare students for college and career success.
Using School Funding Reform To Improve Academic Outcomes And Equity
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from February 18, 2022. Focus: How the Commit Partnership in Texas used funding reform to improve academic outcomes and equity for students.
Using Data to Improve The Education-to-Workforce Pipeline
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from January 14, 2022. Focus: Anne Wicks, director of education reform at the George W. Bush Institute in Texas, discusses the use of data to inform policy decisions to better support students.
How School Leader Ratings And Measures Can Predict Outcomes Like Student Academic Growth
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from Nov. 19, 2021. Focus: Erin O’Hara and Dr. Jason Grissom from Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) discuss how data can improve efforts to recruit, train, and place effective school leaders.
Improving Postsecondary Outcomes And Offering Clear Career Pathways For Low-Income Students
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from Oct. 29, 2021. Focus: Paymon Rouhanifard of Propel American discusses strategies to improve postsecondary outcomes career pathways for low-income students.
Improving College Retention And Completion Rates Among Black Male Students
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from Oct. 22, 2021. Focus: Kariem-Abdul Salaam explains how Project M.O.S.T. is improving college retention and completion among Black male students at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
The Case For Public Charter Schools In Tennessee
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from Oct. 15, 2021. Focus: Charlie Friedman, head of schools at Nashville Classical Charter School, discusses the growth of public charter schools in Tennessee and the impressive success of Nashville Classical.
Innovative College Access, Persistence, And Completion Work Through Knox Promise
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from Oct. 8, 2021. Focus: Pellissippi State Community College President Dr. Anthony Wise and tnAchieves Executive Director Krissy DeAlejandro discuss Knox Promise.
Using High-Dosage Tutoring To Support Student Learning Loss
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from Oct. 1, 2021. Focus: Dr. Keri Randolph (Metro Nashville Public Schools), and Brad Gellman and Samantha Margolis (BrightPath Tutors) discuss MNPS’s Accelerating Scholars high-impact tutoring program.
Bridging Economic And Education Inequities Through The Lighthouse Project
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from Sept. 24, 2021. Focus: Derwin Sisnett of Maslow Development discusses the Lighthouse Project — a 15-acre mixed-use development in the urban core of Memphis that includes a K-12 school.
BlueSky Tennessee Institute Is Helping Students Earn A Bachelor’s Degree — And A Job Offer
SCORE’s Friday’s Focus episode from Sept. 17, 2021. Focus: JD Hickey of BlueCross BlueShield Tennessee and Bradley Leon of BlueSky Tennessee Institute discuss how BlueSky is preparing Tennessee students for good jobs.