This TCAP visualizer from chalkbeat is awesome. Everyone with data questions needs to check it out.
ASD vs SCS: Who’s Doing Better, and Is It Enough to Close the Achievement Gap?
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School Board Candidates Live and In Person TONIGHT!
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Education Funding and Our Broken Tax Code
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Who’s to blame when funding gets cut locally for education? I’ll give you a hint: more often than not it isn’t because of local governments.
Local Funding Alternatives for K-12 Education
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When Governor Haslam announced this week that he plans to eliminate his proposed 2 percent salary increase for Tennessee Teachers, he didn’t just leave educators out in the cold. He’s now left counties and school districts across the state with…
Five Things I’m Thankful For As An American Teacher in 2013
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I’ll be taking a break from writing between now and Christmas. Before I do, though, I want to highlight some of the things that we have going for us as educators in Shelby County, Tennessee and the United States. So…
Growing our Irreplaceables Part 7: Summing It All Up
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Check out the rest of our irreplaceable series here: Part 1: the need Part 2: develop successful school leaders Part 3: incentivize the best to teach in high need schools Part 4: recruit only the best Part 5: targeted professional…
Growing our Irreplaceables Pt. 4: Recruit Only the Best
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The Green Bay Packers are my football team. There are many things to love them as both a team and a franchise. One of my favorites is that 50 of their current 53 players have played only for the Packers.…
Growing Irreplaceables Pt.2: Develop Successful School Leaders to Keep the Best Educators
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I’m blessed to work at the Soulsville Charter School. Our parents are fantastic, our facilities first rate and our student’s motivated and hard working. Yet it would all fall apart were it not for the excellent administrators that drive our…