Dale Farran has been studying early childhood education for half a century. Yet her most recent scientific publication has made her question everything she thought she knew. “It really has required a lot of soul-searching, a lot of reading of the literature to try to think of what were plausible reasons that might account for […]
A top researcher says it’s time to rethink our entire approach to preschool
Rethinking The Police Academy: Why are many departments still using military-style training when research suggests it’s not the best option?
Recent shootings by police have raised questions about how officers are trained. But those conversations have mostly focused on the classes recruits take, not the environment in which they learn.
Governor’s partnership with conservative Hillsdale College draws side-eye from public education advocates
Public education advocates in Tennessee believe using taxpayer dollars to fund charter school expansion is a bad idea. But that’s exactly what Governor Bill Lee proposed budget would do.
Nashville schools may soon lift their mask mandate
Metro Schools is one of only a few Tennessee districts with a universal masking policy. But a sharp decline in COVID infections has officials weighing whether to end it.
Rethinking The Police Academy: Nashville’s police department wants to diversify, but its training program has failed many women and people of color
About 1,000 police recruits didn’t complete in recent years. Despite the department’s desire to diversify the force, women and people of color dropped out at the highest rates.
Certification costs stand between some rural students and a career in healthcare. Now there’s a grant for that.
At Jackson State Community College, students are completing the four-month EKG program, but not everyone is taking the certification test. It costs about $100, and financial aid doesn’t cover it.
Fort Campbell flies Black Hawk helicopters — without pilots — for the first time
The Army’s first automated flight of an unmanned and unarmed Black Hawk helicopter took place at Fort Campbell over the weekend. The system known as ALIAS flew for a half hour while navigating the imaginary towers of downtown Manhattan.
Out of shared pain, joy and loneliness, Asian Americans in Nashville are determined to come together
The pandemic has shown Nashville’s small Asian population that it is stronger together, banding groups like the Greater Nashville Chinese Association, India Association of Nashville, API Middle Tennessee and the Tennessee chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals together.
A Nashville writer’s debut novel explores how Black women with albinism navigate life in the South
Ahead of the release of her debut novel, “Nobody’s Magic,” poet Destiny Birdsong spoke with WPLN News about the “messy” ways society approaches race and beauty. Her story follows three Black women with albinism navigating love and grief in the South.
Under new maps, a thousand more Nashville homes are officially in the flood plain
A thousand homeowners in Davidson County will receive a letter this week informing them of unwelcome — but not unexpected — news: Your house is in the 100-year flood plain.
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