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October 11, 2018 News
Tennessee’s evaluation system is a model for the nation
A new report out today reinforces what many other researchers have found to be true: Tennessee’s teachers are improving more (and more rapidly) each year as a result of our teacher evaluation model and support. Today, Tennessee is called out as a model for the country in a report by the National Council of Teacher Quality, following a similar report last week from FutureEd at Georgetown and a...Read MoreOctober 10, 2018 News
Tennessee needs to better prepare students before third grade | Opinion
In the last decade, Tennessee’s education reforms have driven historic improvements, resulting in high academic standards, aligned assessments and accelerated growth in academic achievement for students in grades 3 through 12. Despite the improvements, student proficiency still falls short of Tennessee’s goals. Tennessee’s standards-aligned assessments reveal alarming news: a majority of...Read MoreOctober 9, 2018 News
At this KIPP high school, a new tactic for getting students to college: bringing college to them
It’s common for high school students to head to college campuses for classes. It’s much rarer for a college to set up shop on a high school campus. But that is what’s happening at a KIPP high school in New Orleans this year. Bard College, a New York-based private liberal arts college, is enrolling half of KIPP Renaissance’s juniors in a two-year program designed to end with them earning both a...Read MoreOctober 8, 2018 News
Giving Rural Students ‘the Short Box’
SALT LAKE CITY — A student’s decision about where to apply to college can depend on what is in front of her, Jazmin Regalado said during a session at the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s recent annual meeting. Regalado, a freshman biology and premed student at New Mexico State University, recounted her application process in high school. She is from...Read MoreOctober 8, 2018 News
As Tennessee Voters Prepare to Elect New Governor, a ‘Pivotal Moment’ for State’s Bipartisan Reforms on School Standards, Teacher Quality, Turnarounds
Few states have embraced education reform with the vigor of Tennessee, where leaders have instituted tough standards, rigorous tests tied to teacher evaluations, and state takeover of failing schools. Those efforts — conducted under both Republican and Democratic governors for the past 16 years — have made Tennessee schools among the fastest-growing, as judged by scores on national benchmark...Read MoreOctober 8, 2018 News