SCORE Blog

In spite of the challenges caused by a global pandemic, a teacher reflects positively on her time as an educator and why she feels fortunate to be a teacher in Tennessee.

Classrooms are empty, but teachers and school and district leaders are still at work for our kids, trying to maintain a focus on equity while also ensuring that kids are fed.

How do parents feel about the disruption caused by relocating learning from classrooms to living rooms and kitchen tables? And what do they think should be done to erase the inevitable loss in learning? The results of the latest SCORE poll.

Teachers and school and districts leaders have met unparalleled challenges during the coronavirus crisis. This recap of conversations with K-12 and postsecondary educators across Tennessee offers examples of collaboration, innovation, and leadership in the face of unprecedented challenges.

April is Community College Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the critical role and work of community colleges nationwide. More than 88,000 students in Tennessee are enrolled in our 13 community colleges, institutions that serve an increasingly diverse student population while meeting workforce and local needs.

School closures caused by COVID-19 will likely mean no academic accountability information for the 2019-20 school year. A parent and former educator explains why we must pick up where we left off once this crisis is over.

As the COVID-19 crisis lays bare the vulnerabilities and gaps in our education system, perhaps it’s time to seize the moment with a spirit of innovation and create a more equitable, student-centered system.

During an unsettling time, SCORE Founder and Chairman Senator Bill Frist, MD, details the facts about COVID-19 and why it’s important to take preventive measures.

In a report published in The Learning Professional, the journal of Learning Forward, SCORE Chief K-12 Impact Officer Dr. Sharon Roberts writes about early literacy work in Tennessee.

UT Promise — the new scholarship program that covers tuition and mandatory fees for qualifying Tennessee undergraduates — needs 1,400 more volunteer mentors to help guide students to success.

The Tennessee General Assembly worked on an expedited timeline to pass an amended budget and some critical pieces of legislation before recessing due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Here’s a look at how higher education will be impacted.

. Educator fellows and TEF alumni recently gathered virtually to discuss the ongoing crisis and how to help students feel safe, connected, and less stressed by the events that surround them.

A parent of three working at home during the COVID-19 outbreak says balance, patience, and flexibility are key to making it all work.

In a legislative recap, a look at how PreK-12 education will be impacted by budget and legislative action by the Tennessee General Assembly.

The Tennessee Department of Education has curated a list of resources for school leaders to help them support teachers and students.

SCORE team member and former educator Shaundraya Hersey shares how she is balancing work at home with keeping her daughter academically engaged during the COVID-19 outbreak.

As we seek to prevent existing equity and opportunity gaps from widening into chasms during the current school closures, these resources to support distance learning also support another important issue for Tennessee: early literacy.

A member of the 2019-20 CTLI cohort explains how he turned ideas from convenings into action in his home district.

SCORE recently visited Rock Springs Elementary School in Sullivan County Schools to let three students talk about what they have been reading and learning.

In February 2020, the SCORE team visited Mississippi to learn about the policies and practices that have supported Mississippi’s remarkable success over the last decade.