On April 23, Metro Nashville Public Schools and John Early Museum Magnet Middle School announced a new collaboration with Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development to establish a laboratory school at John Early. This latest initiative reflects Peabody’s rich history of collaboration to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for Nashville’s students and educators. Through the lab school, Peabody will work with MNPS and John Early colleagues to enhance education in the STEM disciplines and improve pathways for student success at Hume Fogg Academic Magnet High School or Pearl-Cohn High School.
This collaboration promises to leverage the unique resources of Vanderbilt, MNPS, and the John Early staff and school community through intensive student tutoring, on-site educator training, as well as professional development and team building. Working together, Peabody and MNPS will also co-design and offer enhanced academic and instructional supports in the STEM disciplines for all students, including possible field experiences and hands-on learning opportunities at Vanderbilt’s campus and laboratories.
“The lab school at John Early will put transformative discoveries about education into practice. Whether we are connecting with our community a few miles down the road or thousands of miles across the globe, we always welcome the opportunity to engage with teachers and students to advance educational attainment. In the years ahead, we look forward to celebrating the impact of the lab school with our MNPS colleagues and the students and families at John Early,” said Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development.
For more information on this innovative collaboration, please read the release from MNPS.
