The final year of high school is often filled with questions about the future. Where to go to college? What career to pursue? Who to take to prom? But this year’s class of 2021 had even more uncertainties because of COVID.
For Students Returning To The Classroom, In-Person Counseling Can Be A Real Benefit
Virtual learning has made it challenging for schools to connect with students about their academic and emotional needs during the pandemic.
State Board Of Education Takes On Oversight Duties For Third KIPP Nashville Charter School
Metro Nashville Public Schools is leaving one of its newest charters, KIPP Antioch High School, in the hands of the State Board of Education.
A Nashville Charter School Wins Latest Battle With Metro Schools
The latest battle between Metro Schools and the State Board of Education has ended in a third KIPP Nashville school and fifth charter overall being authorized against the district’s wishes. Some local board members say this will hurt the district more than ever given the pandemic, but KIPP families in Southeast Nashville say the school […]
Nashville Charter School Among The First To Go All-Virtual To Start Semester
Metro charter schools have been advocating for distance learning when the school year starts. That’s as Metro Nashville Public Schools decides what to do for the district. One of those charter schools, KIPP Nashville, says that it will resume classes next month, but they’re keeping students out of buildings until at least Labor Day.
Nashville High School Doing More Than Ever To Help Students Enter College, Despite Coronavirus Barriers
It’s tough helping students enroll in college and getting them to stay there — even under normal circumstances. Add a pandemic to the mix on top of decades of education inequality, and expanding higher education access has become that much harder for student advocates.
Nashville’s Newest Charter School Embraces Black Empowerment
Listen Many schools aspire for racial diversity. But that’s not quite the aim of the newest charter school in North Nashville. KIPP Nashville College Prep Elementary says it is embracing what is a reality for most schools in the area: that students are primarily African-American, and instead of swimming against the current, it’s trying to […]
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