As students grapple with the value proposition of a postsecondary credential, college and university board members are positioned to engage with campus leaders to determine how well students have been prepared on a path toward employment or further education.
Early postsecondary opportunities (EPSOs) play an important role in ensuring students find success in postsecondary education, career, and life. SCORE’s latest report unpacks the power of EPSOs and offers recommendations for expanding EPSO participation and success.
With cost being a major barrier for many who aspire to teach, the Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act is a positive step toward strengthening the teacher pipeline.
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Join us as we take time to celebrate teachers and reflect on the enormous role they play in our lives.
Despite some intense moments, Tennessee’s 113th General Assembly resulted in several promising actions to support students.
Among the findings from the 2021-22 Tennessee Educator Survey, we learn how teachers are feeling about pandemic challenges, whether they plan to continue teaching, and how prepared they feel to teach.
Proposed legislation to better utilize state data would allow us to strengthen education-to-work pathways and ensure all Tennessee students are prepared for career and life success.
Many Tennesseans cite cost as a barrier to entering the teaching profession. As some school districts struggle to recruit highly effective teachers, proposed legislation to make the teaching profession more affordable could help strengthen the teacher pipeline.
Dr. Maria Warren of Loudon County Schools shares her district’s efforts to make continued progress toward their literacy goals.
With fewer Tennessee students pursuing education after high school, it’s imperative that governing board members at postsecondary institutions recognize the important role they play in student success.
Governor Lee’s State of the State address outlined an ongoing commitment to education and a budget that invests in proven strategies to help prepare more Tennesseans for careers.
As a member of LIFT network, Marshall County Schools began using a high-quality ELA curriculum in 2018. We take a look at the lessons they have learned and the insights they can share with other districts.
Since 2016, schools in the Leading Innovation For Tennessee Education (LIFT) network have been working to address Tennessee’s literacy crisis by providing teachers with high-quality instructional materials and aligned supports in English language arts (ELA) classrooms. Their latest annual report highlights lessons learned over the past school year.
The holiday celebrations are over, but SCORE’s work to improve Tennessee education outcomes in 2023 is just beginning.
Tennessee has made significant progress on multiple K-12 and higher education measures, but as we emerge from the global pandemic and head into 2023, it is clear we have much work to do to build a strong bridge between our education and workforce systems.
Scores on the Nation’s Report Card confirm the need to focus on research-based strategies to aid students’ learning recovery.
A look at how education partners in Memphis are focusing on the FAFSA as key to combating Tennessee’s declining college-going rate.
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.
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.
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.