Recent Perspectives
The Nation’s Report Card: Declines In Learning Confirm Need To Recommit To Academic Recovery
November 18, 2022 |
Scores on the Nation’s Report Card confirm the need to focus on research-based strategies to aid students’ learning recovery.
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Memphis Partners Put Focus On FAFSA In Effort To Turn Around College-Going Decline
November 11, 2022 |
A look at how education partners in Memphis are focusing on the FAFSA as key to combating Tennessee’s declining college-going rate.
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Rural Tennessee Districts Convene To Address College-Going Decline
October 17, 2022 |
Districts in the Tennessee Rural Acceleration and Innovation Network (TRAIN) are collaborating to find innovative solutions to their unique challenges in educating students. The topic at their latest convening: strategies to increase seamless college enrollment.
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Prioritizing Use Of HQIM Among Aspiring And First-Year Teachers
October 12, 2022 | ,
High-quality instructional materials (HQIM) are designed to support students in meeting college- and career-ready standards and also lighten the load for educators — especially for first-year teachers.
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Parents, Students, Encouraged To Register For Memphis Area FAFSA Challenge
October 5, 2022 |
With Tennessee’s college-going rate in decline, SCORE is responding by teaming up with education leaders across Memphis to host the Memphis Area FAFSA Challenge.
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New CTLI Cohort Meets For The First Time
September 29, 2022 |
At their first convening, the newest members of the Complete Tennessee Leadership Institute (CTLI) got acquainted and received a broad overview of Tennessee’s higher education landscape.
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Data: What Is It And How Can It Help Students?
September 28, 2022 |
Data can do more than just shine a light on important trends — data can help us find ways to target efforts and resources to better support students.
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The Real-Life Impact Of College/Career Advising Through Advise TN
September 26, 2022 |
The Advise TN success story has been repeated numerous times in a rural Tennessee county where college-going has increased 27.4 percentage points over five years.
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CTLI: Reflecting On Lessons Learned And The Challenges Ahead
September 14, 2022 | ,
As SCORE and The Hunt Institute prepare to welcome the newest members CTLI to their first convening later this month, we checked in with former cohort member Bo Drake (CTLI, 2021-22) to get his thoughts on how to get more Tennesseans to and through college and into good in-demand jobs.
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tnAchieves Explores New Ways To Increase College Going. Learn How You Can Help.
September 7, 2022 |
For our friends at tnAchieves, the 9-percentage-point decline in Tennessee’s college-going rate is a call to action. Learn how they’re taking on the challenge to turn around the trend — and how you can help.
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K-12, Higher Ed Collaboration + Data = Postsecondary Success For Students
August 30, 2022 |
Greater Together Clarksville is one example of how K-12 and higher ed can work together to ensure more students are able to access postsecondary education and succeed on their chosen pathway.
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TCAP Results Show Some Students Are Catching Up, Others Are Falling Further Behind
July 21, 2022 | ,
While the latest Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) results show positive progress for students' learning recovery, Tennessee must focus on serving students with the greatest needs to narrow widening achievement gaps.
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