The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) released the following statement from Jamie Woodson, President and CEO, on today’s release of the 2013 results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Also known as The Nation’s Report Card, NAEP provides one of the few ways to measure how Tennessee students are progressing in comparison…
Teacher compensation is changing in Tennessee. Gone are the days of pay raises based on years of service alone. School districts in Tennessee, including Memphis, where I teach, will now be charged with establishing various parameters that will determine teacher pay raises. Years of service and advanced degrees can be included in the criteria, but…
The Commercial Appeal, Friday, July 26, 2013. Reprinted by permission. In the business world, a one-size-fits-all approach to human capital decisions is rarely successful. Professionals vary in their level of effectiveness, and decisions around promotion, pay and continuing education should reflect these differences. Over the last few years, Tennessee has taken significant steps to ensure…
A year’s worth of planning, writing, and policy changes. Four year’s worth of implementation, advocacy and radical overhauls. Fiscal year 2014, which begins July 1, 2013, is the final year ofTennessee’s Race to the Top grant (RTTT). Schools, school districts, and Tennessee’s Department of Education are drawing down on the last of the $531 Million…
Over the last several years, Tennessee has become a national leader in education reform by enacting bold policies to ensure that all students graduate from high school prepared for college and the workforce. Beginning in 2011, wide scale implementation of those policy commitments began. This made the last year Tennessee’s opportunity to prove whether it…