Supporters say LEAD Public School's success serving students across Nashville is proof the charter operator should receive approval to open two elementary schools.

When Jovie Talbott moved into her Western Kentucky University dorm this year, it was a milestone her mother Alecia says came with the help of private school designed for students with learning differences and a state program that made it financially possible.

Despite increased investments in academic support to combat “learning loss” that came as a result of COVID-19, a recent report from Brown University researchers suggests students in Metro Nashville Public Schools are not benefitting much from tutoring.

Metro Nashville Public Schools Director Dr. Adrienne Battle gave special recognition to a school counselor and other staff at James Lawson High School for saving a student’s life last month at Tuesday’s school board meeting.

Napier Elementary School students helped Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) leaders break ground on a new outdoor learning space Thursday that features an outdoor classroom and a Storybook Trail for students and families to read together.

Members of the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education discussed the district’s progress in efforts to improve student performance under Director Dr. Adrienne Battle’s leadership at Tuesday’s school board meeting.

Belmont University announced a $575,655 grant award from the John Templeton Foundation to research how religious engagement could help to reduce political polarization in the U.S.

Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College is expanding global research efforts with the launch of the Peabody Global Initiatives program, aimed at fostering international partnerships in education and human development.

University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd told business and community leaders in Nashville that five myths are hindering the ability for institutions of higher learning to produce the workforce Tennessee needs.

Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) has made significant progress in recent efforts to address teacher vacancies in the district, according to a back-to-school update given by Director Adrienne Battle at Tuesday’s regular board meeting.

Last month school board members in Nashville and Rutherford County voted down six proposed new public charter schools.Next month supporters from all of them will make their case to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission for why the decision was the wrong one.

Metro Nashville Public Schools students recently collaborated to write and record an anthem for the school district, a recent MNPS announcement said.

The education philanthropic organization Scarlett Family Foundation recently launched a new tool designed to allow parents and other education stakeholders to find information and data on schools in Nashville all in one place.

MNPS Board of Education members voted down five proposed public charter schools.

The Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education hasn’t approved a new public charter school since members voted in Aventura Community School in 2021 on a 5-3 vote.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has a history with an issue Tennessee Democrats have spent the last year opposing.

Nurses Middle College Nashville would open to its first freshman class in 2025 with a curriculum that’s specifically designed to help put future nurses on the right path.

A federal lawsuit has been filed by two Tennessee families against Gov. Bill Lee and Williamson County Schools over the enforcement of a zero tolerance law, which they claim resulted in unfair punishments for two students.

The Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education celebrated gains made across grade levels and subjects in this year’s Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) tests at Tuesday’s board meeting.

This week’s release of state-level Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) results is providing some good news for the 44,000 children who attend public charter schools in the state, especially those who are from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.