Race To The Top

Student test scores are less central to principals’ human capital decision-making than teacher observation data. Read More

The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network is demonstrating progress, according to a Vanderbilt research study. Read More

Support for Common Core has declined among Tennessee teachers over the past year, according to the results of a new Vanderbilt study. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Peabody Research Institute will collaborate with Metro Schools’ newly appointed director of early learning innovation, Lisa Wiltshire, to create and document a preschool curriculum rooted in play, experimentation and discovery. Read More

A majority of Tennessee teachers believe that the implementation of the Common Core State Standards has begun positively but feel more training is in order, according to a broad-based independent survey. Read More