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2026 State of Education in Tennessee: Moving Every Student Forward

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September 6, 2023

Future Forward Summit

SCORE joined with partners on September 6, 2023, to host a summit for business and industry leaders to collaborate on addressing the challenges of the education-to-workforce pipeline. The summit spotlighted innovations and opportunities for how industry and education can collaborate to promote economic advancement for every Tennessean and build a stronger talent pipeline for businesses in Tennessee.

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Sparking Solutions For Workforce Readiness

SCORE Founder & Chairman Senator Bill Frist explores topics discussed at SCORE's Future Forward Summit.

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Policy Memos

Read policy recommendations from our SCORE Institute Summer Series 2023.

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Today's Workforce Skills

View Infographic on high school models leading to jobs, with a focus on education's role and average earnings by education level over a career.

High School Models That Lead To Jobs

View Infographic on rural education in Tennessee, highlighting student enrollment percentages and challenges to achievement and economic independence.

Rural Pathways To Workforce Readiness

View Infographic titled "Accelerating Black Male Success," August 2023, showing trends in college-going rates by race/ethnicity, with key statistics and analysis.

Accelerating Black Male Success

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Future Forward Summit Guidebook

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Speaker Bios

Read more about the amazing speakers at this event.

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Senator Bill Frist, MD

Founder & Board Chairman, SCORE

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Dr. Celeste Carruthers

William F. Fox Distinguished Professor of Labor Economics in the Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Dr. Joseph Fuller

Professor of Management Practice in General Management and Co-Leader of Managing the Future of Work, Harvard Business School

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David Golden

CEO of East Tennessee State University Research Corporation and the Allen and Ruth Harris Chair of Excellence in the East Tennessee State University College of Business and Technology

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JD Hickey

Chief Executive Officer at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

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Jason Kloth

President & CEO of Ascend Indiana

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Dr. Chauncy Lennon

Vice President for Learning and Work and Senior Strategy Advisor, Lumina Foundation

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David Mansouri

President & CEO, SCORE

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Lane McBride

Managing Director & Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group

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Dr. Stephen Moret

President & CEO, Strada Education Foundation

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Cheryl Oldham

Vice President of Education Policy at the US Chamber of Commerce and Senior Vice President of the Education and Workforce Program of the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation

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Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds

Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education

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Tara Scarlett

President & CEO of the Scarlett Family Foundation and Chair of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission

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Deniece Thomas

Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development

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Ted Townsend

President & CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber

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Anne Wicks

Ann Kimball Johnson Director of Education and Opportunity at the George W. Bush Institute

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