The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today released a new report with five strategic priorities for continuing Tennessee’s unprecedented progress in student achievement through the year 2025. The report, Excellence For All: How Tennessee Can Lift Our Students To Best In The Nation, outlines priorities for public education that are grounded in goals set…
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) has announced a statewide campaign – Teach Today. Change Tomorrow. – to recruit millennials to become teachers in Tennessee. Tennessee needs high-quality teachers across the state, and Teach Today. Change Tomorrow. is committed to helping place a great teacher in front of every student. With more than…
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) has released this statement from President David Mansouri about the new Teacher Preparation Report Card from the State Board of Education: SCORE has looked in depth at teacher preparation policy and practice this year and recently issued recommendations for improving how Tennessee educates its future educators. One recommendation…
Tennessee can advance student achievement with a fresh focus on better preparation of new teachers, the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) says in a report released Tuesday. The report, Prepared for Day One: Improving the Effectiveness of Early-Career Teaching, examines the state of educator preparation in Tennessee and recommends eight areas for improvement, including…
“I like what you said, but I’m not changing anything that I’m doing.” This sort of feedback should sound familiar to many educators. It’s what Cory Concus, a math teacher at 2015 SCORE Prize finalist Covington High School, initially heard from a fellow faculty member last year. At the time, Mr. Concus had just taken…