As part of our research on school leadership this year, SCORE has partnered with the Wallace Foundation to learn about national practices that can better support the leader pipeline. The work that the Wallace Foundation is leading with states and districts across the country could help inform Tennessee’s own policies to better prepare and support…
Dear Friends, Can a first-grader learn to read when her poor eyesight makes the letters on the page look blurry? Can a ninth-grader focus on solving an algebra problem with a stomach rumbling from hunger? Every school day, educators across Tennessee see students who are struggling to learn while struggling with health issues. Research supports…
Count eighth-grader Sydney Lee among New Vision Academy’s many fans of academic growth data. Sydney was earning C’s and B’s in math and English until she was introduced to her own diagnostic assessment data by educators at 2015 SCORE Prize-winning middle school New Vision Academy (NVA). After challenging herself to put in more effort on…
Although a substantial body of research has indicated students of color tend to benefit educationally when they have the opportunity to receive instruction from and form relationships with teachers from similar backgrounds, many districts nationwide struggle to recruit, support, and retain high-performing teachers of color to provide that instruction and form those relationships. For this…
In 2005, the graduation rate in Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) was just 62 percent. This unacceptably low level of performance led MNPS leaders to search the nation for school redesign models that would help re-engage students in their learning. They eventually decided on a career academy model, which would divide large high schools into…