Too many first-generation college students do not succeed in reaching their postsecondary goals. The new www.CollegeForTN.org website aims to help Tennessee students navigate the college-going process.
NiswongerCARE is using near-peer advising and the Big Bright Future initiative to improve postsecondary completion for students in northeast Tennessee. Similar programming could help even more students realize college and career success.
Makayla, a recent high school graduate in West Tennessee, is an example of students impacted by “summer melt.” Currently on a TCAT waitlist, Makayla is one of the students profiled in SCORE’s Stopping Summer Melt report.
A Dyersburg summer learning camp aimed to close learning gaps caused by the pandemic while engaging students in activities that make them excited to learn. Camp codirector Brenda Gibson calls it a success on both counts.
A Tennessee teacher explains why he signed up for Reading 360 skills training and how he sees it as a tool to become a more effective educator.
SCORE’s latest report, Stopping Summer Melt: What Students Say And What Tennessee Can Do, breaks down what summer melt is and how it’s impacting our state and shares firsthand stories of Tennessee students who have been affected by it.
A temporary waiver on FAFSA verification — which disproportionately hinders low-income students and students of color — will allow financial aid offices to process student aid more efficiently and keep more students on track to achieve their postsecondary goals.
BrightPath Tutors is calling on the broader Tennessee community to volunteer as tutors and supportive mentors to help students recover from lost instructional time and make real academic gains.
Bradley County educator Teah Shope reflects on spending her summer break to train fellow teachers in reading instruction.
Tennessee has been on an intentional journey to build seamless pathways for its learners. A hallmark of this journey is how the state has focused on aligned, cross-sector strategies to build its policy framework.
Building a strong, interconnected set of policies is essential to ensuring learners have on and off ramps for their educational to career journeys. Earlier this year, SCORE served on ExcelinEd’s Advisory Committee for Pathways Matter, a resource that outlines a continuum of 20 key policies that policymakers and systems leaders can use to think about what education to workforce policies exist in their state and what policies are necessary to create a robust learner continuum for all students.
Community-Based College Success Programs: A Playbook For Data-Driven Student Support outlines success principles and highlights programs across Tennessee that are increasing enrollment in and completion of college and career training by using data to fine-tune student-focused programs.
As district leaders decide how to spend resources from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, investments in high-dosage tutoring, vacation academies, and other innovative practices for in-person learning time are needed to aid students’ education recovery.
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission has released the 2021 Tennessee Higher Education Fact Book, a comprehensive report on Tennessee postsecondary access, efficiency, quality, and outcomes that now includes disaggregated data and a dynamic online dashboard.
CLTI alumus Tiffany Bellafant Steward reflects on her time in the leadership institute and how it empowered her to help more students realize their dream of a college credential.
While looking at chronic absenteeism during the last school year, we talked to students about it. Those conversations reveal steps we can take this fall to support students.
SCORE’s By The Numbers report reveals that Walters State had the highest Hispanic student persistence rate among Tennessee community colleges. We wanted to know what they’re doing — and show other institutions how this report can be useful.
Congratulations to Dr. Russ Wigginton, who will soon be leaving the SCORE team to become president of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
We look at legislative action taken this year that will help more Tennessee students realize career and life success through higher education.
Education leaders in Tennessee and across the country are looking to mobilize aspiring teachers as tutors to support vulnerable students and education recovery.