Nashville And Community
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Watch video of panel celebrating Metro Nashville’s 50th anniversary
Vanderbilt Law School recorded a panel discussion Feb. 15 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the consolidation of Nashville city and Davidson County governments in 1963, featuring former Tennessean publisher John Seigenthaler and Metro Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. Read MoreFeb 28, 2013
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Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools Jesse Register, Dean Camilla Benbow and H. Rodes Hart
Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools Jesse Register, Dean Camilla Benbow and H. Rodes Hart, emeritus member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust and longtime university supporter, at the Roundtable Donor Society Dinner on October 11. Read MoreDec 20, 2012
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Seigenthaler to speak on history of Metro Nashville government May 9
John Seigenthaler (Vanderbilt) John Seigenthaler will be hosting a speaking engagement at the University Club of Nashville on May 9, at 6 p.m. for the Club’s Getting To Know Nashville series. Read MoreMay 4, 2012
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Peabody and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools launch new master’s degree program
The new Master’s in Teaching and Learning in Urban Schools program, a partnership between Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, launches Monday, July 26. Read MoreJul 19, 2010
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Vanderbilt partnering with Metro Nashville Public Schools to offer new master’s program for urban teachers
Those wishing to teach in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools will have the opportunity to earn a Vanderbilt University master's degree designed expressly for them beginning this summer, Vanderbilt and MNPS announced today. Read MoreFeb 8, 2010
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Vanderbilt, Metro Nashville Public Schools, community agencies partner to win $3.4 million in federal pre-k funds
Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development, in partnership with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and other community agencies, has won a three-year, $3.4 million federal grant to enhance language and literacy skills in pre-kindergarten classrooms. Read MoreNov 12, 2008
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Metro Nashville Council At-Large Forum set for Aug. 28; Candidates will answer questions at Vanderbilt’s Benton Chapel
Eight candidates vying for four Metro Nashville council at-large seats will speak and answer questions during a forum at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreAug 16, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt experts can discuss problems with Metro Nashville “English only” resolution
Two Vanderbilt Peabody College literacy and language experts are available to discuss why a resolution under consideration by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County to ban the use of bilingual services by many Metro agencies will not help non-English speakers learn the language and could in fact further isolate them from speakers of English and necessary services. Read MoreSep 14, 2006
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Noted children’s book illustrator to speak at Vanderbilt Peabody 2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration; Metro Nashville Head Start director to receive Changing Lives award at event
James Ransome, illustrator of more than 50 children's books, will deliver the Vanderbilt Peabody College 2006 Martin Luther King Lecture Thursday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. His lecture, "A Painterly Palette of My Life," will take place in the Wyatt Center Rotunda and is free and open to the public. Read MoreJan 13, 2006
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Partnership between Metro Nashville Schools, Vanderbilt and Chinese university to train principals
A delegation of leaders from South China Normal University, one of the top 10 education colleges in China, will visit Nashville the week of Nov. 7 to formalize a partnership to train both American and Chinese principals in effective leadership, education and management skills. Read MoreOct 28, 2005
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Nashville Public Education Foundation establishes a $1,000,000 professional development fund to benefit Metro Public Schools
Annette S. Eskind, chairman of the Nashville Public Education Foundation, announced that the foundation is establishing a $1,000,000 endowed fund at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University that will create a permanent collaborative relationship between Peabody, Vanderbilt and Metro Public Schools to help meet the professional development needs of Metro Schools teachers and principals. Read MoreOct 14, 2004
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Vanderbilt University and Metro Nashville Public Schools commit to college scholarships for last class of Imagine College
Imagine College staff are pledging scholarships to members of Pearl-Cohn Comprehensive Business Magnet High School's class of 2007-the last class to receive college financial aid through the program. Read MoreMay 17, 2004