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Juliana Kim

A new website will soon let people track road-related deaths in Nashville neighborhoods

By Juliana Kim

December 9, 2021

The new website will give people access to hit-and-run data, crash findings and whether their neighborhood is particularly vulnerable for a collision.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News

Displaced East Nashville mobile home tenants win compensation after a monthslong fight

By Juliana Kim

December 7, 2021

Leslie Matute

More than 20 Dickerson Pike mobile home park tenants have tentatively won compensation from W.C. Mobile Homes’ developer, but will still move out of the East Nashville park by year’s end.

Filed Under: Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Dickerson Pike, Housing

‘If we don’t redo the funding, a formula is just a formula’: Tennessee gets feedback on the future of school funding

By Juliana Kim

November 30, 2021

In town halls across the state, one point was made again and again: It’s not just a new formula that’s needed, but more money.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News

Tennessee’s high school graduation rate slides for second straight year

By Juliana Kim

November 23, 2021

Before the pandemic, Tennessee’s high school graduation rate was on an upward trend since 2013. And in 2019, the state set a record-high with 89.7% of students earning a high school diploma within four years.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News

Tennessee revises its enforcement of law prohibiting classroom discussions about race and bias

By Juliana Kim

November 23, 2021

Empty desks in a classroom

It’s part of legislation passed this spring to limit classroom discussions around racism, white privilege and unconscious bias.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News

‘I’m not asking for a handout’: Metro School support staff say they’re overworked and underpaid

By Juliana Kim

November 10, 2021

Paraprofessionals, cafeteria workers and bus drivers testified during Nashville’s most recent school board meeting that they are stretched thin.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, Education, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Metro Nashville schools, MNPS, Rutherford County Schools

Metro hits pause on Jefferson Street cap project after community pushback

By Juliana Kim

November 9, 2021

The Jefferson Street Cap project hopes to reverse the economic harm done by the construction of Interstate 40 and make way for more green space and foot traffic. But this month, public forums about a future land bridge in North Nashville have been postponed.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Jefferson Street, Jefferson Street Cap Project, North Nashville

New report says: Greatest barrier to internet isn’t broadband but cost

By Juliana Kim

November 4, 2021

Nearly four out of 10 households in Tennessee can’t afford internet according to a new report by national nonprofit Education Super Highway. The group found that the main barrier isn’t the availability of broadband, but the cost. 

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: broadband, broadband internet, internet

Nashville mobile home owners went weeks without stable housing after accepting their landlord’s relocation offer

By Juliana Kim

November 3, 2021

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Several residents moved out early on the condition that their landlord would provide a new place to park and live. But some say they’ve ended up in a worse situation.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Housing

Metro School employees petition for better work conditions amid widespread burnout

By Juliana Kim

October 22, 2021

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Nashville school employees are putting pressure on the district for better work conditions. This school year has been rife with staffing shortages that they say have exhausted those still working.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education, Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS

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