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Education tops city spending proposal as mayor’s budget goes to Metro Council review

Camellia Burris

May 8, 2025

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell said that education is the city’s biggest investment during his State of Metro address last week.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: budget, Metro School Board, Metro Schools, MNPS, school, School board, State of Metro

A group of adults failed the TCAP test. TN third graders can be held back for doing the same.

Camellia Burris

April 10, 2025

Third graders who don't score well enough on the TCAP may be held back. But some adults have struggled passing the exam.

TCAP testing begins Monday. For Tennessee third graders and their families, the standardized test comes with a lot of pressure.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: literacy, Metro School Board, summer programs, TCAP, third grade retention

Civically engaged young people

Katherine Ceicys

September 17, 2024

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Young people across Middle Tennessee deeply care about their communities. Though they can’t vote yet, many are eager and already participating in civic life to help improve the community for all of us.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Elections 2024, Kidizenship, Mayor's Youth Council, Metro School Board, MNPS, Students for Education, YMCA Center for Civic Engagement, Youth in government

What you need to know about the upcoming Nashville school board elections

Juliana Kim

March 28, 2022

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Partisan school board elections are here. That means, for the first time in Tennessee history, voters might see information on which political party each school board candidate is affiliated with.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections 2022, Metro School Board

MNPS Investigation Finds Allegations Against Head Of Security’s Work Experience ‘Unfounded’

Juliana Kim

May 26, 2021

Metro Nashville Public Schools officials are standing by the head of the district’s security department in response to recent allegations that he embellished parts of his resume.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Metro Nashville schools, Metro School Board, Metro Schools, MNPS, public schools, school resource officers, school security

John Little Wins Nashville School Board Race In Donelson, Hermitage

Tony Gonzalez

November 3, 2020

John Little will be the next Nashville school board representative for the Donelson and Hermitage areas.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Election 2020, Metro School Board

Metro School Board Doesn’t Plan to Close Schools, But Hasn’t Ruled It Out, Either

jr mahung

March 18, 2014

The Metro School Board does not have plans to close any schools right now, but that doesn’t mean the idea won’t come up later. The board is facing a $15 million shortfall, based on a budget proposed by Schools Director Jesse Register

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Metro School Board, MNPS, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean

Haslam Backs Off Threats to Withhold State Money from MNPS

Blake Farmer

August 16, 2012

Governor Bill Haslam is walking back the suggestion Metro Schools could lose state money for not approving a controversial new charter school. This week’s board vote is being followed at the highest levels of state government.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: charter schools, Great Hearts Academies, Metro School Board

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