Andrea Howat works as a tour manager in Nashville. As part of our new series “Dispatches from Quarantine,” Howat sent WPLN News a voice message about losing work and trying to find some sanity amidst the stress of coronavirus.
When The Winds Came: A Nashville Reporter In The Middle Of The Tornado
The winds came with little warning in the early hours of March 3 — Super Tuesday.
In Search Of Cheaper Rent, Residents In One Rural Community Find They’ve Left Protections Behind
In 2016, after being priced out of Nashville, Nicole Burgeson and her family moved into a house in Shelbyville, a city in Bedford County. “It was an older home, we thought, you know all it needed was a slap of paint, the carpets cleaned and it would be all right,” she says. She soon discovered […]
Teaching Students To ‘Stop And Breathe’ Is Transforming One East Nashville Elementary School
It starts first thing in the morning, when the principal of Warner Arts Magnet Elementary School, Ricki Gibbs, comes over the loudspeaker.
Many Nashville Children Feel A Lack Of Trust In Their Neighborhoods, New Study Shows
An ambitious, years-long study conducted by Vanderbilt University is tracking public school children across Nashville, asking them about life in their neighborhoods. The first year revealed that many do not feel their neighbors trust, or support one another.
Nashville Chamber Calls For Bringing Back Metro Schools’ Diversity Program
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce released its annual Education Report Card on Tuesday. It calls on city officials, the school board and the community to work toward more equity, more diversity and more funding for public education.
Nashville Drops A Plan To Desegregate Schools After Feds Cut Funding
Metro Nashville Public Schools has dropped one plan to integrate three of its most racially isolated schools. That’s because a federal grant that could’ve paid for the program has been axed.
Immigrant Rights Group Will Break Ground On New Antioch Headquarters
A Tennessee immigrant rights group is breaking ground on a new headquarters this weekend, and its location — in Antioch — says a lot about where Nashville’s new immigrants are living.
Citing Budget Woes, Cooper Slashes Latest Round Of Affordable Housing Grants
Mayor John Cooper announced a new round of grants for affordable housing projects on Tuesday through the Barnes Housing Trust, which helps Nashville nonprofits build low-cost apartments in the city. But citing budget shortfalls, the Mayor’s office is awarding just half of what it’s been in previous years.
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