Search Results for: "common core"
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Unlocking Tennessee’s Workforce Potential: Empowering Students With Durable Skills For Success
Our partners at America Succeeds explain the demand for durable skills in today’s workforce and the importance of ensuring Tennessee students develop them.
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A New Year, New Priorities — Same Commitment To Tennessee Students
The holiday celebrations are over, but SCORE’s work to improve Tennessee education outcomes in 2023 is just beginning.
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Prioritizing Use Of HQIM Among Aspiring And First-Year Teachers
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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CTLI: An Opportunity To Learn And Drive Change For Student Success
Ruth Ann Holt of Columbia State Community College reflects on her year in in the Complete Tennessee Leadership Institute, the program that builds community advocates and promotes local ownership to increase higher education completion rates in Tennessee.
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College-Going Rate Falls 9 Points In Two Years — This Is A Call To Action
The college-going rate in Tennessee dropped 9 points in two years — an alarming trend that should serve as a call to action for Tennesseans.
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How Districts Can Maximize Summer Learning, Improve Student Outcomes
In response to the pandemic, SCORE is sharing research-based strategies to aid in students’ learning recovery. Our latest brief, Maximizing Summer Learning, highlights best practices for implementing a summer learning program.
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CTLI: Collaborating To Support Students’ Postsecondary Success
More than half of jobs in Tennessee require education beyond high school, but only 46 percent of Tennesseans hold a postsecondary degree or credential. The Complete Tennessee Leadership Institute (CTLI) is focused on turning those statistics in a positive direction.
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UT Program Supports Black, Latinx Men In Completing College
Closing college completion gaps for Black & Hispanic students is critical to student success and Tennessee’s continued economic growth. Learn about the UT Success Academy, a program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, that supports men of color in completing their degrees.
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Larger Investment, Student Needs, And Transparency Emerge As Key Themes In Education Funding Meetings
As subcommittees meet to discuss changes to Tennessee’s education funding formula, the SCORE team offers a summary of key themes that have emerged in the meetings thus far.
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Five Actions State Education Leaders Can Take To Inspire Transformative ESSER Spending
Five ways state policymakers and advocates can take advantage of federal relief funds to map the path for meaningful change in schools and school districts.
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Using Personalized Coaching And Microgrants To Support College Completion
SCORE’s Data Playbook — Community-Based College Success Programs: A Playbook For Data-Driven Student Support — spotlights programs across Tennessee that are increasing enrollment in and completion of college and career training. A common denominator of these programs is their use of data to fine-tune their work. This post highlights the work of Knox Promise and how data guides their approach to student support.
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COVID-19 Increases The Urgency To Improve Broadband Coverage
At a time when education is increasingly reliant on internet access, an estimated 432,627 Tennesseans do not have minimum high-speed internet service. A new broadband report looks at Tennessee’s digital divide and offers recommendations to address access gaps.
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Through Learning And Coalition Building, CTLI Is Paving The Path To Postsecondary Success
Removing barriers to postsecondary access has been a focus of the CTLI program since its inception. The present moment brings a renewed urgency to address systemic inequities in higher education.
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Despite The Distance, CTLI Is Still Working To Increase College Completion
During their final session, the 2020-21 Complete Tennessee Leadership Institute cohort focused on higher ed policy discussions and developed individualized action plans for driving change in their home communities.
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Pandemics Don’t Come With A Playbook, So Resourceful Educators Write Their Own
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.
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School Closings, Coronavirus, And Staying Healthy
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.
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LIFT Network Early Literacy Efforts Featured In The Learning Professional
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.
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Knowing Better, Doing Better: Mississippi’s Story In Literacy Success
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.
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Unpacking My Unfinished Learning On Literacy
In a powerful essay on early literacy, a lifelong educator emphasizes the need for adults — especially educators — to never stop learning.
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The Impact Of College And Career Advising
While we know that high-quality advising has a positive impact on student success, we also know that we need to improve and expand access to high-quality advising services.