Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools Superintendent Credits Widespread Academic Improvement to Higher Standards
The district recorded consistent increases in TCAP proficiency across multiple subjects since 2021.
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Rocketship United Academy Holds “Kinder Camp” Ahead of First School Day
Principal Ben Smith says the camp prepares incoming kindergarteners to transition to elementary school.
Elections
Open Enrollment Divides Challengers in Open Nashville House Seat
Four Democrats are running to replace Representative Caleb Hemmer in the District 59 primary.
Local Education
Board of Education Denies Highest-Rated Charter School Applications Since 2014
The decisions against The Gate School, Music City Academy, and others could lead Metro Nashville Public Schools to hand over charter approvals to the state.
Local Education
LEAD Students Find Useful 'Thought Partner' in AI
LEAD's summer Alpha AI Program introduces students to AI as a tool to improve their ideas.
Local Education
Metro Nashville Board of Education Could Approve First Charter School Since 2021
Two proposed charter schools achieved the highest rating since 2014.
Local Education
Kevin Dyson’s Music City Academy Takes on a Titan of a Task
The proposed public charter school faces approval next week in a school district that hasn’t approved one since 2021.
Local Education
The Gate School Would Bring Discussion-Based Harkness Method to West Nashville
Metro Nashville Public Schools will consider the proposed public charter school’s amended application on July 28.
Local Education
Student Board Members Ready to Lead with Advocacy
Ava Dakash and Hannah Said will represent 80,000 Metro Nashville Public Schools students this school year.
State Education
Former Senator Lamar Alexander Says Tennessee Needs More Political Competition
Alexander told Nashville leaders that the state made key progress under a two-party system.
Local Education
Metro Nashville Board of Education Approves $22 Million Raise
The overall proposed budget represents a four percent increase for the 2026-2027 school year.
Local Education
Hume-Fogg Junior Chosen to be Metro Nashville Student Board Member
Hannah Said will join Ava Dakash in representing more than 81,000 students.
Local Education
Fewer Metro Nashville Students Pulled from Class for Discipline
A district expert claims the improvements come from an overhaul in disciplinary philosophy.
Local Education
Charter School Marching Band in its First Year of Existence Performs at CMA Fest
The band was formed thanks to helping hands from Pinnacle Financial Partners, the Country Music Association (CMA), and country music star Russell Dickerson.
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools to Tailor Transportation to New Start Times
The district will expand the use of student ID tracking and partner with WeGo Public Transit.
Local Education
Nashville School of Excellence Offers STEM Education to Immigrant Families
The principal of the proposed public charter school hopes to serve the growing immigrant population in South Nashville.
Local Education
LEAD Neely’s Bend High School to Open in August
The public charter school will enable existing middle school students to continue reaching for their dreams.
Elections
Vanderbilt Poll Finds Consistent Support for Sen. Blackburn, Possible GOP Concerns
Pollsters found that support for President Donald Trump has dropped in the Volunteer State.
Local Education
Rocketship Public Schools Celebrates Decade of Impact in Nashville
Rocketship's three Nashville public charter schools alternate between four content blocks: Humanities, STEM, Learning Lab, and Enrichment.
State Government
Four Bills Move Forward to Pave the Way for Redistricting
Lawmakers could approve the redistricting plan today.
State Government
Protestors Flock to Capitol to Oppose Redistricting Special Session
Republican leaders hope to redraw Tennessee's congressional districts less than three months before early voting begins.
Local Education
Nashville Board Members Show Bias, Admit “Nitpicking” in Charter School Denials
The MNPS Board of Education denied every proposed charter school for the fifth straight year
Local Education
Charter Approval May Take Music City Miracle
School board members appear set to deny every proposed public charter school for a fifth straight year.
State Education
House Members Debate Whether Charter Schools are “Real” Public Schools
Rep. Slater pushed back on Rep. Clemmons’ criticism of public charter schools.
Elections
Educator Jenny Bell Promises Accountability on the MNPS School Board
Bell is challenging Dr. Berthena Nabaa-McKinney to represent families in District 4’s Donelson and Hermitage communities.
State Education
Lawmakers Approve Historic Funding for Public Charter Schools
The plan passed despite Rep. Clemmons’ attempt to strip the funding that supports high-performing schools serving his district.
Local Education
School Board Challenger Addresses Safety at Nashville PROPEL Forum
Jennifer Bell faces Dr. Berthena Nabaa-McKinney in the MNPS District 4 primary.
Local Education
Nashville PROPEL School Board Candidate Forum Hits Disenrollment, Parent Engagement, and Accountability
Metro Nashville Public School (MNPS) District 6 candidates were given the opportunity to answer questions in a public setting on Saturday night.
Local Education
Nurses Middle College Does More with Less While Fighting Nursing Shortage
Nearly a year into the school’s first year, the executive director of Nurses Middle College – Nashville is dealing with rapid expansion while trying to secure n...
Local Education
Invictus Nashville Finding the Space to Create a Unique Learning Environment
The charter school has spent its first year operating in a cluster of buildings behind the Donelson First Baptist Church.
Local Education
Chancellor Moskal Ignores Higher Student Performance in Ruling Against LEAD Cameron
The ruling ends LEAD’s challenge of a school rezoning plan.
College and Higher Edu...
TSU Leaders Present Progress on Financial Recovery
President Tucker told lawmakers the future is looking up.
Local Education
Nashville High School Students to Start School 20 Minutes Later
The change will move most high school start and dismissal times forward by twenty minutes, and elementary start and dismissal times forward by 10 minutes.
Local Education
Dozens of Nashville Schools Still Face Power Issues
A spokesperson for Metro Nashville Public Schools says as of Thursday night, 17 schools were still without power, and another eight were experiencing partial ou...
Local Education
State Charter Commission Overturns Metro Nashville School Board in Knowledge Academy Appeal
On a 6-2 vote, the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission granted Knowledge Academy at the Crossing’s appeal for a five-year renewal of its charter agreemen...
Local Education
Some Middle Tennessee Schools Will Remain Closed the Rest of the Week
More than 100 thousand homes remain without power in Nashville alone.
Local Education
The Gate School Would Provide Discussion-Based Learning to West Nashville Students
The Gate School would utilize the Harkness Method, which involves discussion-based teaching, with small groups of students sitting around an oval table rather t...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Board of Education Questions Plans to Change School Start Times
One board member questioned whether proposals to change start times truly addressed student needs, while others expressed concerns about busing.
Local Education
More than Half of LEAD Cameron’s Students Don’t Speak English as a First Language. Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal Just Cleared a Plan to Send Them to a Lower-Performing School
The Davidson County Chancellor issued an order Thursday that clears Metro Nashville Public Schools to move forward with a controversial school rezoning plan for...
Local Education
Knowledge Academy Supporters Make Their Case to Keep the Public Charter School Open
KA @ the Crossings is appealing last month’s decision by the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education to deny a new charter agreement with the school.
Local Education
Facility Challenges Force Public Charter School to Close, Despite Outperforming Every Other Donelson Middle School
STRIVE leaders announced Wednesday that they’re planning to close the school at the end of the 2025-26 school year, in part because their building has been sold...
Local Education
Consultant says Busing Challenges Limit Changes to Start Times for Metro Nashville Public Schools
The district unveiled three proposals for school start times this week, including one that shifts high school bells by 20 minutes.
State Education
Education Savings Account Participants Grow Math Proficiency by More than 70 Percent in the Program’s First Three Years
Just 11 percent of participating students tested proficient in math on state testing during the program’s initial 2022-23 year. That number rose to 19.5 percent...
State Education
Most Schools Run by the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission Receive Either an ‘A’ or ‘B’ on the State’s School Letter Grades
56 percent of the commission’s schools received either an A or a B letter grade, 7 percentage points higher than the state average.
Local Education
Brick Church Middle School’s Proficiency Rates Drop Nearly 50 Percent Following Takeover by Metro Nashville Public Schools
A Tennessee Firefly analysis of the state’s School Report Card, released this week, found that student performance dropped in every subject once MNPS took over ...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools Accused of Hiding Information to Steer Parents Away from a Higher-Performing Public Charter School
LEAD Public Schools filed a motion for contempt against Metro Nashville Public Schools on Thursday, alleging the district is hiding information from parents in ...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Board of Education Votes to Close Public Charter School That’s Outperforming Most District-Run Schools in Its Area
Members of the Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education voted unanimously against renewing Knowledge Academy at The Crossings' charter for anoth...
Local Education
Nashville Parents Express Support for a Later High School Start Time, but Change Won’t Be Simple
MNPS staff told school board members Tuesday night that 67 percent of the more than 16,000 respondents in an online survey supported adjusting high school start...
Local Education
Former Tennessee Titans Receiver Kevin Dyson is Among 26 Potential Public Charter School Applicants in 2026
If approved, the proposed Music City Academy would serve up to 500 high school students in Nashville with a team-centered, career-connected learning model that ...
State Education
SCORE Provides Recommendations to Move Every Student Forward
Differentiated compensation based on performance and strategic staffing structures to expand the reach of effective educators are both among SCORE’s recommended...
College and Higher Edu...
TSU President Dwayne Tucker Says ‘Shared Sacrifices’ Have Improved Financial Outlook
The university president said TSU has exceeded its deficit goals in fiscal year 2025 by $13.2 million and is expected to exceed them again in fiscal year 2026.
Local Education
Proposed Public Charter School Leaders Decide Against Applying in 2026
The Forge School posted a note to supporters this week, announcing that leaders are no longer planning to apply in 2026, in part due to challenges in raising st...
Local Education
Hispanic Graduation Rates Drop in Nashville Despite Gains for Other Historically Disadvantaged Student Groups
The district’s Hispanic student graduation rate dropped 6.1 percent in the 2024/25 school year to 73.2 percent.
Local Education
More than Half of Nashville’s Blue Ribbon Teacher Awardees Work in Schools of Choice
Metro Nashville Public Schools and the Nashville Public Education Foundation recognized 24 public school teachers and one Pre-K educator as 2025 Blue Ribbon Tea...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools to Consider Changing School Start Times
Metro Nashville Public Schools announced plans for a districtwide review of school start and end times.
Local Education
Supporters of Nashville’s Newest Public Charter School Celebrate Approval to Open Next Year
Nashville’s newest public charter school, The Rock Academy, is set to open next fall as Tennessee’s first “opportunity charter school,” a model dedicated to re-...
Local Education
Metro Nashville’s Director of Schools Earns ‘Met’ Ratings Across All Evaluation Categories
An evaluation team of board members used student growth, proficiency, attendance, and other areas to rate Dr. Battle across four evaluation categories, includin...
College and Higher Edu...
Nashville State Re-Launches East Campus to Serve Multiple Workforce Needs Under One Roof
Through a partnership with the Northern Middle Tennessee Workforce Board and the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, students are now able ...
Local Education
The Rock Academy Encourages Parents to Register Rising Ninth Graders Early for the New Public Charter School
The school is designed to provide long-term support to students who are at-risk because they’ve either dropped out, faced criminal charges, have been retained a...
State Education
Tennessee Education Savings Account Participants Mostly Outperform Economically Disadvantaged Students in Their Home Districts
Last school year, 3,693 students in Nashville, Memphis, and Chattanooga received assistance for private school expenses through the Education Savings Account (E...
Local Education
New Partnership Provides Nashville’s High School Grads with Tuition-Free Technical Training
A news release sent to the Tennessee Firefly says the program expands access to high-wage career training in areas such as industrial trades, construction, info...
State Education
Nashville Named One of Six U.S. Cities for Amazon Skills to Jobs Alliance
Nashville has been selected as one of six U.S. cities to join Amazon Web Services’ Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance, a national initiative bridging education and wo...
Local Education
Weapons Detection Systems Headed to Nashville Middle Schools
This decision expands a program school board members initially approved last February to install Evolv detection systems in all high schools.
Elections
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn Calls for Removing Barriers to Open Public Charter Schools
The U.S. Senator utilized her appearance at Nashville Collegiate Prep’s high school grand opening to promote her support for removing barriers that organization...
State Education
MNPS Superintendent Adrienne Battle Highlights District Achievements at Nashville Rotary Club
Metro Schools Superintendent Adrienne Battle received a standing ovation at GEODIS Park Monday as she highlighted the district’s record-setting academic growth,...
State Education
New Analysis Finds Public Charter School Students are Playing an Oversized Role in the Historic Growth in Nashville and Memphis
New research by the Tennessee Charter School Center found public charter school students, including those in Nashville and Memphis, are making more academic pro...
Local Education
State Commission Overturns Metro Nashville Board of Education Decision and Approves The Rock Academy
Commissioners unanimously voted to reverse the Metro Nashville Board of Education’s June decision denying The Rock Academy’s application and upheld the board’s ...
Local Education
The Forge School Offers a Solution to Nashville’s Architecture, Construction, and Engineering Needs
Students at The Forge School will begin working on career certifications as early as the sixth grade, and their academic journey will include job shadowing and ...
Local Education
The Rock Academy Aims to Serve Nashville Students Who Aren’t Seen
If approved by the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission, The Rock Academy would open in 2026 with an initial class of 88 freshmen and then add a grade eac...
State Education
Analysis of Tennessee’s Testing Data Finds Public Charter School Students Improving in Math and English
Statewide, three percent more charter students tested proficient in math on the TCAP than last year and English language arts proficiency grew by a single perce...
Elections
Sen. Blackburn Says Ed Freedom Scholarship Program Will be a Key Part of Her Ed Policy
The program, frequently referred to as vouchers, is providing 20 thousand children with tax dollars to pay for private school expenses, and Blackburn says it wi...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools Superintendent Faces Criticism and Support at Board Meeting
Half a dozen parents, including Kindall Maupin, utilized the meeting’s public comment phase to attack Dr. Battle’s leadership, and a recent $6.5 million legal s...
Local Education
The Forge School Builds Support Among Nashville Parents and Students
The proposed sixth through 12th grade public charter school is designed to provide hands-on, real-world learning to students who are interested in careers in ar...
Local Education
Rocketship Public Schools Drops Charter Appeal in Nashville to Focus on Rutherford County
Rocketship Executive Director Eric Dailey tells the Tennessee Firefly that his organization is only planning to appeal the narrow 4-3 decision in Rutherford Cou...
Local Education
Tennessee Nature Academy Puts Down Roots in Cane Ridge
The Tennessee Nature Academy held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for its new school building that will open on 23 acres of donated land in Cane Ridge next ...
Local Education
Nashville PROPEL Calls for Superintendent Dr. Adrienne Battle to Step Down
The parent advocacy organization is upset that Battle’s administration is paying a reported $6.5 million in a legal settlement with five former school administr...
State Education
Study Finds Charter School Students Outperformed Their Peers Following the Pandemic
The research of Tennessee’s more than 100 public charter schools found these students consistently outperformed traditional school peers in math and English lan...
Local Education
Tennessee Nature Academy Receives $2 Million Land Donation for Permanent Nature-Based Campus in Davidson County
Tennessee Nature Academy has secured a 23-acre permanent campus site in Cane Ridge, thanks to a $2 million land donation from the McGowan family. The tuition-fr...
National Education
Tennessee Workers Left Behind: New Study Finds Only 12% of Non-Degree Credentials Significantly Boost Wages Amid Rising Housing Costs
A national study finds just 12% of certificates and industry credentials significantly raise wages—leaving many Tennessee workers struggling as rent and home pr...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools abruptly cancels agreement to let Valor Collegiate students compete on Overton High School teams
For the last five years, students at Valor Collegiate Academy have been able to participate in school-based athletics on Overton High School teams as part of an...
Local Education
“Wow, I Bet You Guys are Exhausted.” Firefly Investigation Uncovers Metro Nashville Public Schools’ Rush to Deny Proposed Charter Schools
In years past, district leaders in Nashville have given staff more time to review the sometimes-expansive applications by scheduling charter decisions in the Ju...
State Education
From Python to Patient Care: How New Tennessee Grants Are Redefining High School Career Pathways
In an effort to close the gap between classrooms and careers, SCORE has awarded Future Forward grants to seven programs across Tennessee.
National Education
CMA Foundation showcases music education equity through student performances at CMA Fest
For a group of students from the Roots of Music program in New Orleans, performing at CMA Fest in Nashville last weekend marked several firsts: first plane ride...
Local Education
MLK High School junior chosen to serve on the Metro Nashville Board of Education
She will join John Overton High School rising senior Hannah Nguyen as a non-voting members representing the district’s more than 81,000 students next school yea...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Board of Education denies every proposed public charter school for the fourth consecutive year
All three applicants have the ability to appeal to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission that has overturned at least one MNPS charter denial four year...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Board of Education may be avoiding a new state law by scheduling its charter school vote a month early
The board unexpectedly decided late last week to hold votes on amended applications from the Rock Academy, the Forge School, and Rocketship Public Schools at Tu...
Local News
Nashville Mayor says government resources are being stretched by federal immigration inquiry
Speaking before at the Rotary Club of Nashville Monday, O’Connell reaffirmed that his office has done nothing to warrant the investigations now underway in the ...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public School leaders debate giving teachers a raise above 3 percent
At Tuesday’s budget meeting, Board Member Zach Young said the district could do a better job attracting hard-to-fill specialty teaching positions if the raise w...
National Education
Nashville public charter school teacher receives national recognition for outstanding work in the classroom
Under her instruction, 74 percent of students were reading on grade level. By comparison, 2024 state testing data shows that 33 percent of elementary school stu...
Local Education
LEAD Public Schools announces Dr. Ricki Gibbs as its new CEO
The move coincides with existing CEO Dwayne Tucker’s decision to continue serving Tennessee State University as interim president and not return to LEAD for the...
Local Education
Nashville mayor proposes 13 percent increase in spending for schools
If approved by the Metro Council, education will make up more than 37 percent of the total Metro budget.
Local Education
KIPP Nashville Public Schools celebrates 20 years of serving students
The public charter school operator opened its first school, KIPP Academy, with one fifth-grade class in 2005. Today KIPP Nashville operates nine schools serving...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education denies every public charter school application after two members say publicly that they oppose the concept of charters
The board voted down applications from the Rock Academy, the Forge School, and Rocketship Public Schools Tuesday.
Local Education
Independent reviewers give high marks to three proposed public charter schools in Nashville. Will any of them get a fair shot with the school board?
The Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education is scheduled to vote on applications from Forge School, the Rock Academy, and Rocketship Public Schools Tu...
State Education
Lawmakers pass legislation proposed by Middle Tennessee students
The Tennessee House passed legislation proposed by students Wednesday that requires each school district in the state to create a policy for a student to serve ...
State Education
Tennessee House shows increased support for public charter schools
Members of the Tennessee House sent a sign of increased support for innovative education options Monday by voting 70 to 19 in favor of legislation that supporte...
State Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools has two students on its school board. Soon every district in the state could have one.
Lawmakers are currently considering legislation that would require each school district to create a policy for a non-voting student school board member.
State Education
Lawmakers question the performance of public charter schools, even though the schools are outperforming traditional public schools in their district
State Representatives John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, and Antonio Parkinson, D-Memphis, both serve districts where multiple public charter schools are outperfor...
Local News
Covenant School Shooting parents say final police report vindicates their desire to keep the shooter’s writings from public release
The report claims Hale intentionally left behind materials to be found, analyzed, and publicly released and investigators say she wanted books, documentaries, a...
State Education
Knoxville lawmakers share misinformation about public charter schools to attack legislation that supports them
Legislation that supporters say will help ensure public charter schools are approved timely and without political bias advanced from the House Education Committ...
State Education
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce report finds changes needed to better recruit CTE teachers
The committee found several factors are making it more challenging to recruit career and technology (CTE) teachers, including money. The report said teacher sal...
State Education
Republican Senators unanimously support legislation to ensure the approval process for public charter schools is fair
The Governor Bill Lee backed legislation would allow charter applicants the ability to apply directly to the charter commission if they want to open a school in...
State Education
Senate Education Committee advances legislation to make it easier for public charter schools to seek approval
Senator Adam Lowe’s legislation would allow charter applicants the ability to apply directly to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission if they want to o...
Local Education
McGavock High School students to operate their own food truck
District leaders unveiled the Raider Bites truck during a ceremony on campus Wednesday, equipped with a commercial-grade kitchen to provide career and technical...
State Education
Proposed legislation designed to take politics out of the classroom and make it easier for some public charter schools to receive approval
Governor Lee’ is legislation would allow public charter school applicants the ability to apply directly to a state commission in communities with a history of d...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools’ quarterly testing shows growth, room to improve
All student groups met winter growth targets for math and are on track to meet upcoming growth targets for both math and English language arts according to an u...
Local Education
State Board of Education critiques Nashville’s history of denying public charter schools
The Tennessee State Board of Education released evaluations this month for how well three local education agencies are overseeing public charter schools. Five o...
Local Education
Davidson County chancellor rules South Nashville students to remain zoned to attend LEAD Cameron Middle School
Myles granted LEAD Public Schools’ request to temporarily halt a controversial school rezoning plan approved by the Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board ...
Local Education
Metro Nashville School Board unanimously approves weapons detection systems in all high schools
In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, members of the Metro Nashville Public School Board of Education approved an effort to install concealed weapons detection sys...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education to vote on expanding metal detection to all high schools
The Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education is planning to vote on a proposal Tuesday night that would expand the pilot program approved last w...
Local Education
LEAD Cameron parents ask school board members in Nashville to “stop playing these political games”
Alison and Tremayne Haymer say their seventh-grade son Caleb has truly thrived during his time at LEAD Cameron Middle School and they’re upset with a decision t...
Local Education
Antioch High School students taking part in metal detection pilot program following school shooting
In the days following last week’s shooting at Antioch High School, Director Dr. Adrienne Battle faced questions why the school didn’t utilize metal detectors. T...
Local Education
Nashville’s Antioch High School remains closed following deadly school shooting
Metro Nashville Public Schools Director Dr. Adrienne Battle made the decision late Wednesday to keep Antioch High School closed the rest of the week following a...
Local Education
Student opens fire at Nashville’s Antioch High School, killing himself, another student, and wounding a third
The Metro Nashville Police Department says a student at Antioch High School in the southeast portion of Davidson County, opened fire in the school cafeteria jus...
Local Education
LEAD Public Schools files motion to stop a controversial rezoning plan from impacting families
LEAD Public Schools filed a motion Tuesday asking Davidson County Chancellor I'Ashea Myles to grant a temporary injunction on a recently approved Metro Nashvill...
News
Metro Nashville school board renews six public charter schools
The Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education voted Tuesday to renew the ten-year charter agreements for Valor Voyager Academy, Rocketship United...
News
Tennessee School Boards Association opens applications for Prospective Superintendent Academy
The Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) is looking to prepare more educators to lead school districts across the state as Tennessee faces a shortage of s...
Local Education
Nearly half of Nashville public charter schools, including LEAD Cameron, are outperforming comparable district run schools
Firefly staff compared each MNPS charter school’s performance on the State Report Card to traditional and magnet schools serving the same age students in the sa...
News
Rocketship Public Schools appoints new executive director
Eric Dailey has been named the new executive director of Rocketship Public Schools in Tennessee, according to a Monday announcement from the charter operator.
Local Education
Charter school operator files lawsuit accusing Metro Nashville Public Schools of diverting students of color to a lower performing school
On Monday LEAD Public Schools filed a lawsuit challenging a rezoning plan for LEAD Cameron as a violation of its charter with the district. LEAD is asking a Dav...
News
Vanderbilt Law School receives $10 million to fund research on women’s rights and public policy
Vanderbilt University will use $10 million to “advance Vanderbilt Law School’s leadership in the study of how law, regulation and policy impact equality, equity...
News
Metro Nashville Public Schools officials celebrate milestone year for academic growth and graduation rates
Metro Nashville Public Schools reached several milestones in terms of academic growth and performance in the 2023-24 school year, according to recent data from ...
News
Vanderbilt’s Dare to Grow fundraising campaign surpasses ‘unprecedented’ $3.2 billion
Vanderbilt University’s Dare to Grow campaign to expand student programming has surpassed its $3.2 billion fundraising goal 20 months ahead of its target date i...
College and Higher Edu...
Former TSU administrator says she lost her job after refusing to submit incorrect financial aid info
Tanaka Vercher filed the suit in Davidson County Chancery Court on Monday claiming TSU leaders fired her the day after she refused to provide incorrect informat...
News
LEAD Cameron is outperforming peer middle schools. Why are Nashville school leaders trying to divert students away?
The Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a rezoning plan that effectively diverts students away from LEA...
News
State leaders grill interim Tennessee State University officials for running out of money
State leaders criticized Tennessee State University for financial and operational mismanagement during a Thursday State Building Commission Meeting, amid recent...
News
Metro Nashville and Hamilton County school districts celebrate student growth
Metro Nashville Public Schools has attained a Level 5 growth score from the Tennessee Value Added Assessment System (TVAAS), an announcement from the district s...
News
Parents and educators urge state commission to renew charter for LEAD Neely’s Bend Middle School
Since opening its doors for the 2015-16 school year, LEAD Neely’s Bend Middle School has garnered support from many parents in the Madison area who say the char...
Local Education
Thirteen public charter schools to make their case to stay open
In the coming weeks, leaders of more than a dozen public charter schools will make the case for why their school’s charter should be renewed for another ten-yea...
News
Students report racist text messages following presidential election
Black students in schools and universities across Tennessee and the nation have reported a slew of racist text messages evoking slavery in the days following fo...
News
Metro Nashville Public Schools breaks graduation rate record
New data from Metro Nashville Public Schools says the district has achieved a 4.5 percentage point year-over-year growth in the district's graduation rate, brin...
News
Students for Education expands national footprint to encourage youth civic engagement
Students for Education (SFE), a Tennessee-based nonprofit dedicated to encouraging youth civic engagement, is expanding its national footprint as part of a broa...
Local Education
NursesMC Nashville aims to be just what the doctor ordered for Tennessee’s nursing shortage
Dr. Andrea Poynter says her work establishing a new nursing based public charter school in Nashville is in full “overdrive” right now. Poynter is the process of...
News
Metro Nashville Public Schools Director Battle to receive new contract
The Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to present MNPS Director Dr. Adrienne Battle with a new four-year contrac...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools awarded a federal grant to establish four magnet school programs
Metro Nashville Public Schools announced a $15 million federal Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant at a press conference Monday to establish magnet programs...
Local Education
Three proposed public charter schools in Nashville receive positive recommendation for approval
Supporters of three proposed new public charter schools in Nashville are receiving support from the Executive Director of the state board tasked with deciding t...
News
Study finds low math confidence among Black female students in Nashville
A new study published in Sage Journals suggests that Black female students in Nashville have significantly less confidence in math than their male counterparts ...
Local Education
LEAD Public Schools withdraws one charter school appeal and moves ahead with another
Leaders of LEAD Public Schools have decided to drop their appeal for the proposed LEAD Cameron Elementary, and instead focus on the appeal for proposed LEAD Sou...
News
Metro Nashville school board passes resolution asking for sustained federal funding for schools
The Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday that calls for “increased and sustained” federal funding for pu...
State Education
Supporters of Nurses Middle College make the case to establish a public charter school focused on preparing students for a nursing career
Supporters of Nurses Middle College made their case to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission that the proposed public charter school is needed to help ...
Local Education
Half of this school’s students left when Nashville took it over. Supporters say that’s proof families want LEAD Public Schools to serve more children.
Supporters say LEAD Public School's success serving students across Nashville is proof the charter operator should receive approval to open two elementary schoo...
State Education
A little known state program made private school affordable for Jovie Talbott. This year more students than ever are utilizing it.
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 des...
Local Education
New study suggests Metro Nashville tutoring program was less impactful than expected
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...
News
Metro Nashville School Board recognizes James Lawson High staff for saving student’s life, welcomes new members
Metro Nashville Public Schools Director Dr. Adrienne Battle gave special recognition to a school counselor and other staff at James Lawson High School for savin...
Local Education
South Nashville students will soon take a Storybook Trail to reading
Napier Elementary School students helped Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) leaders break ground on a new outdoor learning space Thursday that features an ou...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education lauds progress under Director Battle’s leadership
Members of the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education discussed the district’s progress in efforts to improve student performance under Director Dr. ...
College and Higher Edu...
Belmont and University of Washington researchers team up to study religion’s role in reducing polarization
Belmont University announced a $575,655 grant award from the John Templeton Foundation to research how religious engagement could help to reduce political polar...
College and Higher Edu...
Vanderbilt Peabody initiative aims to strengthen global research efforts
Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College is expanding global research efforts with the launch of the Peabody Global Initiatives program, aimed at fostering inter...
College and Higher Edu...
UT President Randy Boyd says five myths are threatening the future of higher education
University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd told business and community leaders in Nashville that five myths are hindering the ability for institutions of high...
Local Education
Six proposed public charter schools appeal denial to state commission
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 wil...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools students write and record district anthem, 'Every Student Known'
Metro Nashville Public Schools students recently collaborated to write and record an anthem for the school district, a recent MNPS announcement said.
Local Education
Nashville’s students of color face an achievement gap. These board members just voted down every plan to address it.
MNPS Board of Education members voted down five proposed public charter schools.
Local Education
Nashville continues to overstate the cost of public charter schools. Can any proposed this year get a fair vote?
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 202...
Elections
Tennessee Democrats quick to support Kamala Harris' presidential bid. A popular VP pick has history with school vouchers.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has a history with an issue Tennessee Democrats have spent the last year opposing.
Local Education
Tennessee hospitals need nurses. Dr. Andrea Poynter's proposed public charter school has a plan to provide them.
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 r...
Local Education
Lawsuit challenges zero tolerance policies for 'threats of mass violence' in schools
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, whi...
Local Education
Nashville’s fourth-graders slightly outpace state average for improvements in reading
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) is reporting similar reading gains as the state averages announced yesterday, for both third and fourth-graders.District f...
Local Education
PROPEL Center and Apple host career accelerator for HBCU students
Apple and the PROPEL Center have partnered to host a career accelerator for 50 HBCU students, helping them develop creative and professional skills in the arts ...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools director optimistic about the performance of third and fourth-graders on state reading tests
Metro Nashville Public Schools Director Dr. Adrienne Battle says based on the district’s preliminary “quick scores,” she's optimistic about how third and fourth...
State Education
Report finds Tennessee’s public charter school students showing more academic growth than traditional school peers
A new report from the Tennessee Charter School Center found public charter schools are outperforming traditional public schools on state measurements for studen...
Local Education
John Overton junior selected to serve on Metro Nashville school board
Members of the Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education chose John Overton High School rising junior Hannah Nguyen to serve as one of two studen...
News
Student Profile: Choice Champions Scholarship winner inspired by mother to pursue a career in healthcare
Liannet Bergantino says her mother’s work helping people has been an inspiration ever since she was a child.Next fall the Intrepid College Prep Independence Aca...
College and Higher Edu...
Nashville State Community College prepares for new healthcare and information technology programs with Clarksville campus expansion
Nashville State Community College broke ground this week on a Clarksville campus expansion that’s designed to serve students with new academic programs in healt...
College and Higher Edu...
Scholarship opening doors for KIPP students who worry they can’t attend the University of Tennessee
Daniela Castro Pu says the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) felt like home almost immediately.Castro Pu is now weeks away from finishing her sophomore ye...
Local Education
Parents lead $5 million fundraising drive to improve three elementary schools
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) announced a $5 million investment in three elementary schools made possible through a fundraising drive led by parents.For...
Local Education
Board of Education turns down expansion of Nashville charter network that's outperforming comparable schools
Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education turns down expansion of a Nashville charter network that's outperforming comparable schools.
College and Higher Edu...
Metro Nashville Public Schools and Vanderbilt University create new educational program at John Early Middle School
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) announced a partnership with Vanderbilt Peabody College to create a new education program at John Early Middle School. The...
Local Education
LEAD Public Schools proposes creating K-12 school pipelines with two new elementary schools
LEAD runs six public charter schools in Nashville, including four in the Metro-Nashville Public School district serving families in South Nashville and Antioch....
Local Education
Representative Bo Mitchell suggests Metro Schools bulldoze buildings before allowing organizations serving high numbers of students of color use them
West Nashville Representative Bo Mitchell, D-Nashville, provided Metro Nashville Public Schools with some eyebrow raising advice on the House floor Thursday.Mit...
Local Education
Encompass Community School proposes serving North Nashville students with a mastery-based approach
The mastery-based approach Encompass Community School program wants to bring to Nashville is designed to ensure students receive the instruction they need when ...
Local Education
Independent charter review recommends denial for the Nashville School of Excellence
More than 15 hundred elementary, middle, and high school students attend one of four Memphis Schools of Excellence in Shelby County. The organization that runs ...
Local Education
Half of Nashville’s public charter schools outperform every comparable district school on state testing
Firefly staff compared each MNPS public charter school’s performance on the Report Card to traditional and magnet schools serving the same age students in the s...
Local Government
Davidson County residents plead with school board members to reconsider proposed restrictions on public comment
Parents and teachers say a proposal to place new restrictions on public comment at Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education meetings will silenc...
Local Government
Mayor O’Connell tells business leaders past transportation failures shouldn’t be a concern with Choose How You Move
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell says a walk to school event he attended last month at Paragon Mills Elementary School in honor of civil rights activist Ruby B...
State Education
House subcommittee advances legislation to provide public charter school students with better facilities
Eight State Representatives who currently don’t have public charter schools in their home counties played a crucial role in advancing a bill to support the more...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools director touts district pandemic recovery to business leaders
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Director Dr. Adrienne Battle told Nashville business leaders the district’s recent national recognition for learning loss ...
Local Education
Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School community pleads with district leaders to keep middle school grades
Lauren Herring’s daughter spent two years at her zoned middle school before being accepted into Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School.Herring says she desperatel...
Local Education
Change in strategy cut chronic absenteeism at LEAD Academy
Chronic absenteeism has been an ongoing issue for public schools nationwide and it only increased following the pandemic.LEAD Academy in Nashville was no except...
State Education
House Democrats oppose legislation to support economically disadvantaged students in their districts
State Representative Justin Jones, D-Nashville, represents a district that touches four school clusters with some of the highest performing public charter schoo...
Local Education
STRIVE Collegiate Academy has overcome challenges operating out of a former hospital. New legislation could remove barriers for other schools.
LaKendra Butler moved to Nashville a decade ago with the goal of starting a public charter school.At the time Butler was the principal of a middle school in Dal...
State Education
Senate committee advances change to school fire alarm policies after hearing from mother of Covenant shooting victim
Abby McLean’s children are among those who survived last March’s Covenant school shooting that claimed the lives of three children and three staff members.McLea...
Local Education
Vanderbilt researcher says thinking on two levels enabled Nashville’s lauded pandemic recovery
Vanderbilt professor and researcher Jason Grissom told members of the Metro Nashville Board of Education that the nationwide recognition the district is getting...
Local Education
New report finds Nashville among the nation's leaders in pandemic recovery
A new report produced by Harvard and Stanford Universities known as the Education Recovery Scorecard, credits MNPS for surpassing national trends for pandemic r...
College and Higher Edu...
Senate committee advances legislation to vacate the Tennessee State University board of trustees
Local Education
Metro Nashville wants to take back control of LEAD Brick Church. The school’s students and parents have other ideas.
Victavia Walls says she made the wrong choice in middle school to temporarily leave LEAD Brick Church for her traditionally zoned Metro Nashville school. She's ...
Local Education
Nashville Collegiate Prep expanding its community classroom model to high school students
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission unanimously approved Nashville Collegiate Prep’s request to continue providing students its community classroom m...
Local Education
State commission overrules decision to close high performing Nashville public charter school
Sara Vaneel says she chose to enroll her son in Rocketship Nashville Northeast Elementary School when he was entering kindergarten because she wanted him to hav...
Local Education
New state law may hold 700 Nashville fourth-graders back
Even under a best-case scenario, hundreds of Metro-Nashville Public School (MNPS) students will have to repeat the fourth-grade next year under a new state law....
Local Education
Nashville Chamber provides four recommendations to help guide students to future jobs
A key prediction that’s guiding Tennessee’s workforce development is the belief that the number of jobs requiring some form of credential or degree will grow at...
Local Education
Martin Luther King Academic Magnet faculty make the case to keep seventh and eighth-grade students
Faculty from Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School pleaded with the Metro Nashville School Board Tuesday night to oppose a proposal to remove two middle school g...
Local Education
Nashville’s public charter schools receive higher School Letter Grades than district counterparts
The majority of Nashville’s public charter schools received a better report card from the state than their traditional school counterparts in the Metro Nashvill...
Local Education
Davidson County parents ask school board for tutoring accountability
Darrell Grady says his child was at risk of retention in the second grade. That experience, combined with his own time as a former Metro Nashville Public School...
State Education
Tennessee SCORE releases recommendations to support public charter schools and improve student pathways to employment
When the founders of Nashville Classical proposed the new public charter school in 2013, acquiring facilities was a huge challenge.School leaders had to meet wi...
Local Education
Metro Nashville School Board votes to close one of northeast Nashville’s highest performing elementary schools
Jauana Luiz Cruz says the transition of moving to Nashville from Mexico was a huge challenge for her elementary school age son.Speaking through an interpreter a...
Local Education
Student environmental organization urges Metro Nashville School Board take climate change action
Students from Nashville’s chapter of the Sunrise Movement urged members of the Metro Nashville Board of Education to be more proactive in the battle against cli...
Local Education
Parents who opposed Invictus Nashville Charter School provided "false information" by their district, school leader says
On the morning of September 18, the Dean of Instruction for Stanford Montessori Elementary School used her publicly funded time and email address to do somethin...
Local Education
Metro Nashville School Board says Dr. Battle met every expectation in the 2022/2023 school year
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education says Director Dr. Adrienne Battle met every expectation for the 2022-23 school year.Board members provi...
State Education
Nashville lawmakers express opposition to rule change to prevent conflicts of interest in review of public charter school authorizers
A seemingly routine rule change involving the process of reviewing local school districts that authorize public charter schools faced opposition from Nashville ...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools breaks ground on the new Lakeview Elementary School
Metro-Nashville Public Schools broke ground Thursday morning on the new and updated Lakeview Elementary Design Center.The district plans to build the school on ...
Local Education
MNPS Awarded Federal Magnet Schools Grant
The US Department of Education has awarded Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) grant for the third time in six ye...
Local Education
Charter Commission approves East Nashville native’s dream of opening Invictus Nashville Charter School
Dr. Brenda Jones made Nashville education history Friday by not just becoming the first Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) graduate to open a public charter ...
Local Education
Metro Nashville School Board seeks community input to improve diversity at two magnet high schools
The Metro Nashville School Board indefinitely deferred a proposed major change to the district’s magnet school policy Tuesday to allow for more discussion on ho...
Local Education
Donelson and Hermitage parents ask state board to approve Invictus Nashville Charter School
More than 30 parents in Donelson and Hermitage wrote the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission to urge members to overturn a decision by the Metro Nashvill...
Local Education
Nashville Collegiate Prep students urge state board to approve high school expansion
Nashville Collegiate Prep’s (NCP) appeal to open a high school in southeast Davidson County is finding support from those who are still too young to drive. More...
Local Education
Alex Green Elementary recognized as Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
The Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence (BRSE) has named Nashville’s Alex Green Design Technology Magnet Elementary School a 2023 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence...
Local Education
New partnership provides higher education opportunities for students at two Nashville high schools
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) announced a new partnership designed to provide more high school students with access to college-credit bearing courses.Th...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools celebrates 33 schools achieving the highest level of academic growth
Metro Nashville Public Schools unveiled the names of 33 schools achieving the highest level of academic growth on the Tennessee Value Added Assessment System (T...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools accused of misusing the law to make it impossible for new public charter schools to receive approval
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) did something different this year when school board members voted to deny three applications to open new public charter sc...
Local Education
Gas leak forces temporary relocation of elementary school students in Goodlettsville
Goodlettsville’s Old Center Elementary students will once again need to attend classes in another school Wednesday.Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) initial...
College and Higher Edu...
Fisk University Board of Trustees names Dr. Agenia Walker Clark as the university’s next president
Fisk University’s Board of Trustees announced Girl Scout Leader Dr. Agenia Walker Clark as the university’s new president.Clark will be the 18th president and t...
Local Education
Opponents of proposed public charter school in Nashville inadvertently make the case for its approval
Multiple parents of students who attend Stanford Montessori Elementary school in Nashville’s Donelson community made the trip downtown Monday morning to speak o...
State Education
Nashville parents and education leaders want the new School Letter Grades to consider student circumstances
Nashville parents and education leaders provided a wide variety of concerns for the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) to consider as it creates a new sys...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools once again declines to “celebrate" schools serving historically disadvantaged students
For the second year in a row, Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) is excluding its schools that serve some of the highest percentages of economically disadvan...
Local Education
Proposed Nashville public charter schools make appeals to the state next week
Members of the Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education have seen four of their decisions against proposed public charter schools overturned by ...
Local Education
Misconceptions abound for who public charter schools are serving. Subira Gordon plans to change that.
When Subira Gordon took over as the CEO of the Nashville Charter Collaborative last July there was no question what challenge she wanted to work on first.Public...
Local Education
School board endorses Freddie O’Connell in Nashville mayor’s race
For the second time members of the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education are taking the unusual position of stepping into the Nashville mayoral elec...
State Government
Parents of Covenant School Shooting survivors speak out against a proposed school gun bill
The House Civil Justice Committee proved to be nearly as eventful on Wednesday as its subcommittee the day before.Representative Jason Powell, D-Nashville, bega...
State Government
Formerly expelled lawmakers reappointed to their subcommittees for special session
Formerly expelled Representatives Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, will serve on multiple House committees during the special sessio...
Local Education
Nashville mayoral candidates debate school choice and literacy ahead of runoff vote
Nashville mayoral candidates Freddie O’Connell and Alice Rolli provided differing views for how to support school choice at the first education-focused debate.D...
Local Education
Intrepid College Prep offers hands-on approach to guiding students on the higher education path
Fifth-graders walking into Intrepid College Prep’s Opportunity Academy Middle School this month will immediately notice something different.Unlike traditional p...
College and Higher Edu...
TSU President Glenda Glover announces retirement
Tennessee State University (TSU) President Glenda Glover announced her retirement from the position after a decade of service Monday.“Serving as president of TS...
Local Education
Nashville mayoral candidates to face off in education focused debate
Nashville mayoral candidates Freddie O’Connell and Alice Rolli have taken part in numerous debates in the last few months but education hasn’t always played a l...
Local Education
“We Go All In!” Nashville Classical Charter School is giving West Nashville families a long-awaited public school choice.
Marguerite Powell felt her prayers had been answered when she first met Nashville Classical West principal Alexandria Lambert.Lambert was passing out flyers for...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Schools approves new plans for student safety
The Metro Nashville School Board approved new changes to the district safety policy Tuesday night in response to school safety legislation signed into law by Go...
Local Education
Metro Nashville School Board Members mislead the public in voting down former teacher’s proposed school
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) District 5 school board member Christiane Buggs listed public charter school demographics as one reason why she planned to...
Local Education
Invictus Nashville’s holistic education vision up for vote Tuesday
Public charter schools haven’t exactly received the warmest of welcomes from the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education in recent years, but Dr. Bren...
Local Education
James Lawson High School junior to represent students on the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) selected Christine Tran to represent her fellow MNPS students on the school board next year. Tran is a rising junior at th...
Local Education
Schools starts in August. Here’s what you need to know
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) has launched a “Back to School” webpage to help families prepare for the new school year that begins August 8.“The morning...
Local Education
School board to consider using COVID funding to address inequity in Nashville teacher pay
Members of the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education plan to consider using Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding approve...
Local Education
Metro Council approves a lower cost of living increase for teachers than regular Metro Nashville employees
Metro Council approved a 6 percent cost of living increase for Metro Nashville employees Tuesday night, but teachers won’t be receiving the same amount. The cou...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools unveils new safety plan
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Director Dr. Adrienne Battle unveiled the district’s new plan to keep students safe during Tuesday’s Board of Education me...
Local Education
Nashville mayoral candidates debate their plans to improve student test scores
The candidates vying to become Nashville’s next mayor finally answered a question about how they plan to improve education.During Monday’s televised debate, Fox...
Local Education
Choice Champions Scholarship Student Profile: James Loc wants to expand representation in media through animation
Games have a way of expanding the world around us by introducing worldbuilding, writing, art, and fantasy.For Knowledge Academies senior James Loc, the game Sky...
Local Education
Nashville third-graders improve in TCAP retake but some still need work to advance to the fourth-grade
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) reported a welcome increase in scores from last week’s retake of the English language arts section of the Tennessee Compre...
Local Education
New school a breath of fresh air to Nashville students
Nature isn’t just a part of the name of the Tennessee Nature Academy or even just a component of the new public charter school’s curriculum.When the academy ope...
Local Education
Dr. Adrienne Battle makes case for $1.2 billion Metro Nashville Public Schools' budget
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Director Dr. Adrienne Battle laid out the district’s $1.2 billion spending plan to raise salaries, provide universal free ...
College and Higher Edu...
TSU aiming for prestigious “R1” status
Local Education
Poll finds Nashville voters support raising taxes to give teachers a raise and expanding school choice
A new poll of likely Davidson County voters found strong support for raising teacher pay, even if that meant raising taxes.More than 56 percent of those polled ...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public School budget plan includes raises for administrators, free lunches, and full-time substitute teachers
The proposed 2023/2024 budget for Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) includes pay increases for school administrators, universal free lunch for students, and...
Local Education
LEAD Public Schools names prominent Metro Nashville Public Schools principal to key leadership role
Two years ago, Dr. Ricki Gibbs featured prominently in WPLN’s Peabody award winning series the Promise, in an episode that contrasted two East Nashville public ...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools says summer learning program is helping stop the “summer slide”
Every summer, students across the country experience learning loss during the months they’re away from school on summer break.Two years ago Metro Nashville Publ...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools denies three high quality public charter school applications including one by a former student
Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education said no to three proposed schools Tuesday night, including one by a former student.The board voted 5 to 2 agai...
Local Education
Brenda Jones hopes to be the first Nashville public school graduate to open a public charter school
Brenda Jones has a personal reason behind her mission to establish a new public charter school in Nashville.In a city that’s increasingly full of transplants, J...
Local Education
High-quality public charter school breaks ground in West Nashville
Amber Green had a few specific characteristics in mind when she began looking for an elementary school for her son Greyson. Green says she wanted a school that ...
Local Government
Nashville votes to send Jones back to Tennessee House
Without objection, the council suspended its rules to immediately nominate and approve Jones to fill the District 52 seat as Jones sat in the gallery.
State Government
Two out of three Democratic representatives expelled from the Tennessee General Assembly
News
Governor Lee proposes investment in school security and leaves the door open to red flag legislation
Local Education
Proposed public charter school aims to bring two teacher classroom approach to East Davidson County
The McGavock Cluster in Donelson and Hermitage serves close to ten percent of the Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) student population and houses the larges...
State Education
House subcommittee kills Representative Whitson's legislation to limit public charter school appeals
Legislation designed to limit the appeal options for public charter schools who’ve had their applications wrongfully denied by school districts, saw a quick exi...
Local Education
Proposed public charter school aims to serve the needs of at-risk students in fast-growing Southeast Nashville
Local Education
Proposed public charter school seeks to fill the gap for at-risk students in southeast Davidson County
News
Three students and three adults killed in Covenant School shooting
College and Higher Edu...
Senate Education Committee gives a negative recommendation to Tennessee State University’s budget
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools now accepting applications for Pre-K Program
Metro Nashville Public Schools opened its application portal Wednesday for parents who want to enroll their child in the district’s Pre-K program.Children who w...
Local Education
Joint state committee recommends TSU's board of trustees stay on the job despite scathing Comptroller audit
Local Education
School Choice Profile: Two Nashville mothers explain how Rocketship’s model is enabling their children to succeed
State Education
Academic gains propel LEAD Neely’s Bend out of the state’s Achievement School District
LEAD Public Schools announced LEAD Neely’s Bend will be the first public charter school in Nashville to exit the state-run Achievement School District (ASD) and...
Local Education
National School Choice Week gives parents the power to choose the best education for their children
Local Education
Despite transportation challenges, Nashville Chamber recommends expanding work-based learning program
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce presented its Education Report Tuesday, citing four specific recommendations for Metro Nashville Public Schools to improv...
Local Education
MNPS offers families a convenient way to engage in school choice
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) has opened the optional schools application process for the 2023-24 school year.This process provides families and parents...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools opens registration for summer learning program
Local Education
Nashville State Launches Darrell Freeman Fellowship
Nashville State Community College has partnered with BGSF to create the Darrell Freeman Fellowship, an opportunity for students pursuing careers in Information ...
Local Education
Nashville celebrates ten years of the Community Achieves initiative
Metro Nashville Public Schools is celebrating ten years of the Community Achieves initiative and its work to positively impact students.Founded in 2012 with 9 s...
Local Education
Metro Nashville Public Schools looking for teachers for the upcoming school year
Metro Nashville Public Schools will host a Teacher Recruitment Fair Saturday to recruit certified and permitted educators across all grade levels. The district ...
Local Education
Tennis Star helps provide another winner for public charter school students
It’s been sixteen years since Andre Agassi retired from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, but he’s still serving up aces in communities across...
Local Education
MNPS doubles down on excluding schools serving historically disadvantaged students from celebration
When the parade begins Saturday morning to celebrate Nashville’s public schools, the students marching will not totally reflect the city’s diverse student popul...
Local Education
Titans offer to help Nashville high schools get new athletic fields
Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced a plan Wednesday to provide every district run public high school athletic program with new or improved sports fields.The ...
Local Education
Financial questions raised for proposed high-quality nature-based charter school
The Tennessee Nature Academy aims to be Middle-Tennessee’s first nature-based public charter school but it’s a different type of green that could cause challeng...
Local Education
Charter commission executive director provides mixed recommendations for proposed Nashville charters
On Wednesday, the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission will decide whether Nashville families in Antioch and Southeast Davidson County have new high-quali...
Local Education
Former Mayor Karl Dean among those providing comments supporting denied Nashville public charter schools
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission received no written comments from the public in opposition to the four charter school appeals members are hearing...
Local Education
Nashville’s Glendale Elementary Receives Prestigious Award
Local Education
Nashville charter schools playing a prominent role in Reward school recognition
Public charter schools are playing a prominent role in Nashville’s recognition for improved academic performance.The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) an...
Local Education
Parents tell state charter commissioners English Learners need the option of a different approach
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission heard from both parents and students Thursday morning who feel Southeast Nashville has a real need for a differen...
Local Education
State commission hears from supporters of denied Nashville public charter schools
More than twenty speakers addressed the commission in both hearings including parents with young children in tow pleading for an alternative to traditional clas...
Local Education
Historically disadvantaged students succeeding at Nashville’s public charter schools
An analysis of TNReady data by the Nashville Charter Collaborative found public charter schools are serving a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged st...
Local Education
Actress Reese Witherspoon Helps Bring Mentorship Program to Nashville Schools
Step Up, a mentorship nonprofit founded in 1998, announced they are expanding their operations to Nashville after Music City native, Reese Witherspoon, made a m...
Local Education
Metro Schools and Beacon Center Spar Over COVID Funding
Metro Nashville Public Schools fired off a scathing response this week to a new Beacon Center report that’s critical of the way school districts across the stat...
Local Education
Metro Schools and Beacon Center Spar Over COVID Funding
Metro Nashville Public Schools fired off a scathing response this week to a new Beacon Center report that’s critical of the way school districts across the stat...
Local Education
Nashville school board decides against charter legal fight
The Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education provided school choice supporters with a mixed bag at Monday afternoon's specially called meeting.
Local Education
Nashville school board says no to new public charter schools
The Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education sent another sign Tuesday night that public charter schools will not have an easy time making their case i...
Local Education
State board sides with public charter school in dispute with Metro Nashville Public Schools
Hundreds of Nashville public school children won’t have to endure the uncertainty of switching middle schools next month after all. At a specially called June m...