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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More