Metro Nashville Public Schools is shifting about 17,300 elementary and exceptional education students back to virtual learning after the Thanksgiving holiday break.
Why Fewer College-Bound Tennesseans Are Completing Financial Aid Applications
It’s already challenging enough getting students ready for college during a traditional school year. But now, statewide socially distanced learning, and all virtual school for seniors in Nashville, is making the process much more difficult.
Metro Schools Plans Return To All-Remote Learning After Thanksgiving
Unless Nashville sees a dramatic turnaround, elementary students in Metro Schools will likely be back home learning virtually after Thanksgiving break.
Nashville High School Seniors At Risk Of Being Left Out Of Tennessee’s Biggest Scholarship Program
Tennessee education leaders are making a last-ditch effort to get students signed up for tuition-free mentoring and scholarship program Tennessee Promise.
Nashville Setting Up COVID-19 Testing Sites At Schools
The Metro Public Health Department is setting up satellite COVID-19 testing centers at Nashville schools, in an effort to be more accessible as students and teachers return to classrooms.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper Made Many Policy Promises — You Can Track Them Here With WPLN News
Nashville Mayor John Cooper enters office with a strong mandate from the city’s voters. Nearly 70% backed him and the ideas he championed, which were numerous and detailed: He proudly handed out 46-page policy platform booklets while campaigning.
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 […]
The Promise: ‘I Want White Families To Realize The Power They Hold’ In Public Education
Two years ago, WPLN’s Meribah Knight reported on how parents at one East Nashville elementary school were pushing to reverse a troubling trend: Despite the diversity of the neighborhood, it had almost no children of color anymore.
On The First Day Of In-Person Classes, One Nashville Principal Is Optimistic About Socially Distanced School Days
Metro Nashville Public Schools welcomed the last of the district’s students with disabilities to classrooms Wednesday morning. Nearly 700 kids are now back in school buildings ahead of fall break. They’re the first to return to physical classrooms since the pandemic closed buildings in March.
Family Survey Results Almost Evenly Split As Metro Schools Reopens For In-Person Classes
Families in Metro Nashville Public Schools are evenly divided on returning their kids to in-person classes in the fall. That’s according to the results of a reopening survey released at a board meeting Tuesday evening.
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