It can be hard for students to focus on school if their families are struggling at home. But a newly expanded program in Metro Schools aims to help with things like groceries, school supplies, and even bills, so that kids can concentrate on learning.
Both candidates for Nashville mayor want more families to enroll in MNPS. They have vastly different strategies to do it.
The two candidates running to be Nashville’s next mayor are on opposite ends of the political spectrum. But one thing they agree on is the need to increase enrollment in the city’s public school system.
Listen: The first day feelings at one Nashville elementary school
The first day of school is an exciting — and sometimes anxiety-inducing — event. Listen to WPLN’s audio postcard from Inglewood Elementary.
Metro Council approves funds for shatter-resistant glass, improved radio systems at Nashville schools after Covenant shooting
Nashville’s Metro Council has approved $6.5 million in funding to improve radio communications between schools and police and install shatter-resistant protection on glass across the district.
Metro’s summer school program feels ‘a little heavier’ this year with TN’s third grade retention policy
Summer schools are well underway in Middle Tennessee. Many of this year’s attendees are third graders, trying to avoid being held back after scoring less than proficient on the English Language Arts Section of the state’s standardized test.
Police in schools, building security are top concerns in the first of three meetings on gun violence after the Covenant shooting
Staffing up police in schools, hardening buildings and more training for employees are just a handful of ways Nashville is responding to the Covenant School shooting.
Vanderbilt and Metro Schools are teaming up to study inequities in college-level course offerings — and how to address them
A partnership between MNPS and Vanderbilt University will study disparities in access to career and college-level courses and research how to close the gaps.
Summer school kicks off in Nashville as the third grade retention law continues to frustrate parents
For some parents, the promise of free childcare is exciting. But for others — namely, the parents of third graders — the program feels like an imposition.
Tennessee is releasing third grade TCAP scores. Here’s what to know for students at risk of being held back.
Tennessee’s Department of Education is set to release scores Friday that determine whether third graders can automatically move on to fourth grade.
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