2026 State of Education in Tennessee: Moving Every Student Forward
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SCORE Institute: AI's Impact on Education and Career Pathways
January 17, 2025
How can education and workforce leaders work together to explore the transformative potential offered by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and equip students with the skills and knowledge to be successful in careers of the future? A virtual SCORE Institute, AI’s Impact on Education and Career Pathways, on Jan. 13, 2025, focused on this very important connection as the influence of GenAI grows in real time across Tennessee.
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Tennessee's Teacher Pipeline: Initiatives to Increase Student Access to Effective Teachers
November 13, 2024
The fourth in SCORE’s Educator Labor Market series, this report looks at how Tennessee is addressing staffing challenges in K-12 districts, how well those efforts are working, and how better access to data can help inform future decisions and investments to address the localized nature of teacher shortages in Tennessee.
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Connecting Education & Opportunity: A Framework for Credential Impact in Tennessee
October 24, 2024
Tennessee stands at a crossroads where the future prosperity of its students and its economy depends on better supporting students through education toward workforce opportunities. In Connecting Education and Opportunity: A Framework for Credential Impact in Tennessee, SCORE presents a data-informed lens through which we can identify which postsecondary pursuits are also matched to high-demand, high-wage jobs. This framework is rooted in key measures of earnings, job outlook, and stackability that work together to give a clearer pathway toward student opportunity.
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Leading in Literacy: Building Early Literacy Partner Teams
September 26, 2024
Teachers trained in Tennessee are staying in Tennessee to teach. So, what can their training institutions (educator preparation providers, or EPPs) and future districts do to foster an even deeper connection between training and the classroom? The question is particularly important to ensure effective instruction reflecting Tennessee’s new literacy policies. Collaboration between EPPs and school districts is critical. This paper offers both a framework for this new model and an elementary school site visit toolkit.
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Unlocking AI: A Primer for Educators
September 24, 2024
As of fall 2023, more than half of all U.S. workers use artificial intelligence (AI) for work. The education field is no exception to this trend, as teachers across the nation are exploring ways AI can transform their work and help students learn. Despite the incredible promise of this new technology, many educators are still at the starting line — nationally, over half of teachers have never used AI. The opportunity that generative AI (GenAI) — programs that can generate text, images, and other media — brings to Tennessee’s classrooms, however, is worth the exploration. Our memo outlines two readily available tools for teachers to either dip a toe in the water or take a full-on first dive into AI to experience the possibilities and limitations of AI in its current state.
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Strategic School Staffing: Tennessee’s Opportunity To Sustain And Elevate Great Teaching
May 8, 2024
Access to highly effective teachers is essential for student achievement. However, growing evidence suggests students have unreliable and inequitable access to effective educators, with many school districts reporting high levels of teacher vacancies. This series examines the challenges facing Tennessee’s educator labor market and highlights innovative practices to strengthen it.
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2024 State of Education in Tennessee: Building A Brighter Future
December 5, 2023
Tennessee is a leader in piloting and scaling efforts to strengthen student success. Foundational strategies have been grounded in high expectations for educators, schools, and students – from the time students enter the classroom to the time they receive a degree or credential. This work is yielding demonstrated results for students. However, while progress has been made, it is clear more needs to be done. Tennessee’s next challenge is to expand its vision for education so that each student not only has the opportunity to succeed in school but also has the opportunity to be prepared for a career that enables economic independence.
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A SPOTLIGHT ON Nashville Classical Charter School
April 3, 2023
Founded in 2013, Nashville Classical Charter School (NCCS) serves a racially, economically, and geographically diverse group of 550 students in grades K-8. Seventy percent of NCCS students are Black or LatinX, and the student body represents 26 unique zip codes from across the greater Nashville area.
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A SPOTLIGHT ON Purpose Preparatory Academy Charter School
April 3, 2023
Located in North Nashville, Purpose Preparatory Academy Charter School serves 352 students in grades K-5. Nearly 95 percent of its students are Black. Purpose Prep aims to provide all students with a rigorous curriculum, high-quality instruction, and positive character development to ensure they are prepared for college.
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2023 State of Education in Tennessee
December 6, 2022
When it comes to taking big steps to improve outcomes for students, Tennessee leads. For more than a decade, the state has taken bold actions and demonstrated great success in improving education. This has led to students having more opportunities for their future, businesses having a more skilled workforce, and, ultimately, more Tennesseans experiencing economic independence statewide.
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Innovative School Models Planning Guide
August 16, 2022
This planning guide is aligned to the Tennessee Department of Education’s Innovative School Models (ISM) guidance document and addresses each of the application components. It also contains links to national examples and resources to further support your thinking around how you will innovate in your middle and high schools. By reflecting on the questions and considerations in this document, your team should be better prepared to submit a strong application.
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Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, Case Study
August 16, 2022
The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) started an Early Technical College (ETC) at the Clarksville campus of TCAT-Dickson four years ago. At the time, the TCAT campus was primarily serving adult learners and its facilities were underutilized during a large portion of the day. The ETC provides students with personalized, hands-on learning opportunities that can lead to the attainment of both college credit and a high school diploma, technical and professional skill development, and industry certifications.
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