Metro Nashville Public Schools
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Tutor Nashville seeking volunteers to support MNPS students
Tutor Nashville, Vanderbilt’s partnership with Metro Nashville Public Schools’ high-impact tutoring program, is seeking volunteers for the “Accelerating Scholars” tutoring program. Volunteer tutors are matched one-on-one with students to provide support in literacy and math to first through ninth grade students. Read MoreAug 22, 2023
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Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research receives grant to address disparities in early postsecondary opportunities within Nashville high schools
The Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research has received a three-year, $650,000 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation to study early postsecondary opportunity offerings, access, and success in Metro Nashville Public Schools and to design solutions for addressing disparities. EPSOs—high school academic offerings that expose students to advanced… Read MoreJun 5, 2023
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Vanderbilt University hosts celebration to honor Blue Ribbon teachers empowering next generation of leaders
Metro Nashville Public Schools, the Nashville’s Agenda Steering Committee and the Nashville Public Education Foundation created the Blue Ribbon Teacher Awards to recognize top teaching talent in the area’s public schools. Read MoreOct 26, 2022
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Collaboration brings nursing education to Metro Schools
Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurses are collaborating with Metro Nashville Public Schools to mentor high school students who have identified a future goal of becoming a registered nurse to be medical assistants or care partners. Read MoreAug 30, 2022
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Tennessee Education Research Alliance receives $1.7M grant to explore opportunities for increasing teacher diversity across Tennessee
Though 37 percent of Tennessee’s students are people of color, only 13 percent of the state’s teachers are. To work toward narrowing that representation gap, the Tennessee Education Research Alliance, a research-practice partnership between Vanderbilt Peabody College and the Tennessee Department of Education, has received a four-year, $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. Read MoreAug 10, 2022
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Churchwell named to Nashville Public Schools Hall of Fame, recognized as 2022 distinguished alumnus
Dr. André L. Churchwell, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, has been recognized as a distinguished alumnus of Metro Nashville Public Schools and named to the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s Public Schools Hall of Fame for 2022. Read MoreMay 9, 2022
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Peabody researchers explore research-practice partnerships to address inequities in education
A 6-month-old partnership between Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development and Metro Nashville Public Schools featured prominently in a recent panel discussion on how to effectively manage research-practice partnerships, which are increasingly important to long-term efforts to strengthen educational practice. Read MoreApr 12, 2022
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Expert panel to discuss importance of partnerships in education research and policy
The Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research and the Peabody Research Office will co-sponsor a panel discussion on research-practice partnerships Friday, April 1. The panel will be held virtually via Zoom from 11 a.m. to noon CT. Advance registration is encouraged. Read MoreMar 16, 2022
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Give the gift of learning by joining Vanderbilt partnership to tutor Metro Nashville Public Schools students
Vanderbilt community members looking for a way to share the gift of learning with children in Metro Nashville Public Schools are invited to join the more than 150 Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff who are already part of the “Accelerating Scholars” online tutoring program. Sign-ups to volunteer are open now through Jan. 17. Read MoreDec 16, 2021
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New documentary on Nashville public schools to screen at Peabody College
"By Design: The Shaping of Nashville’s Public Schools" will screen on Thursday, Oct. 21, at 4:30 p.m. in the Wyatt Center Rotunda for Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff, and a livestream will be made available for wider public viewing. Advance registration is required to participate. Read MoreOct 13, 2021
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Volunteer with Tutor Nashville, make a difference in a student’s life
Tutor Nashville, Vanderbilt's partnership with Metro Nashville Public Schools' high-impact tutoring program, is seeking volunteer tutors to make a difference in a student’s life. The deadline to apply is Oct. 12. Read MoreOct 6, 2021
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Peabody College and Metro Nashville Public Schools launch partnership to strengthen education equity
Producing actionable, innovative and scalable research to address racial and social inequities in Pre-K-12 schools is the goal of a new partnership between Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development and Metro Nashville Public Schools. Read MoreSep 29, 2021
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Vanderbilt strengthens online tutoring partnership with Metro Nashville Public Schools
Vanderbilt University is calling on the wider university community to help expand a student-based tutoring program that began last year to assist Metro Nashville Public Schools. Vanderbilt is inviting faculty, staff and alumni to volunteer in this effort to tutor local public school students online. Read MoreSep 13, 2021
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MNPS school choice topic of Parenting Group meeting Dec. 10
Ashford Hughes of Metro Nashville Public Schools will discuss school choice at the next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group. Read MoreNov 24, 2020
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Message from Provost Wente and Vice Chancellor Kopstain to community members with school-aged children
The university fully recognizes the challenges that local school districts' plans for the fall pose for members of the Vanderbilt community with school-aged children and is committed to continuing to help faculty, staff, postdocs and students navigate the ever-changing impacts of the pandemic on daily life, write Provost Susan R. Wente and Vice Chancellor for Administration Eric Kopstain in a message to the VU community. Read MoreJul 10, 2020
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‘Navigating School Choice’ topic of Parenting Group meeting Dec. 13
Jenai Hayes, a representative from Metro Nashville Public Schools’ Office of School Options, will discuss navigating school choice at the next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group. Read MoreNov 30, 2018
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Class of 2015: Julian Hinds champions students and civil rights
One of the challenges of doing the work that Julian Hinds is determined to do is that results may not be immediately palpable. Hinds plans to be an attorney who is deeply invested in civil rights issues and helping students gain access to quality education. Read MoreApr 22, 2015
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Engineering professor shares mapping technology with teachers
Through a partnership between Vanderbilt and Metro Nashville Public Schools, a group of dedicated teachers returned to the classroom this year with a new skill set and the tools to incorporate GIS mapping technology into their curriculum. Read MoreAug 20, 2014
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HOD senior project award winners address Common Core, corporate diversity
Evaluating a student’s written work against Common Core State Standards will be made easier for teachers at Nashville Prep charter school thanks to a toolkit created by 2014 graduate Lisa Koenig, who was named winner of the 2014 Senior Project IMPACT Award. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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Global guests to share indigenous folktales with Eakin Elementary students Dec. 5
Educators from far-flung lands will share favorite childhood folktales with third- and fourth-graders at Eakin Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, Dec. 5. Read MoreNov 25, 2013