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Nashville’s immigrant students fear going to school as ICE raids continue

Camellia Burris

May 20, 2025

Empty desks in a classroom

The recent ICE raids in Nashville have left many families afraid to leave the house for even basic necessities, like taking their kids to school.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Conexión Américas, food insecurity, ICE, immigrant, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS

Students write letter to city leaders expressing fear amid recent ICE raids

Camellia Burris

May 12, 2025

Empty desks in a classroom

A group of students wrote an open letter to city leaders expressing fear in the wake of recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in South Nashville.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Adrienne Battle, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, ICE, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS, Nashville, raid, school

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

Trump administration could have wide-reaching effects on Tennessee school lunches

Camellia Burris

March 19, 2025

A bill to expand school lunch meals to thousands more Tennessee kids is moving through the statehouse. The measure allows kids who qualify for reduced lunch to get free meals.

Middle Tennessee school districts are bracing for potential fallout from two Trump administration decisions that could change how schools provide food.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS, Trump Administration

How Antioch High School is stepping up security and counseling

Tony Gonzalez

January 25, 2025

Class will not feel the same at Antioch High School this week. Metro Nashville Public Schools is implementing new security measures and says students and staff will spend the week focusing on emotional well-being, mental health support and community building.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Adrienne Battle, Antioch High School, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Metro Schools, MNPS, school safety, surveillance

How this Nashville high schooler found independence by riding a city bus

Cynthia Abrams

October 16, 2024

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To better understand how buses operate, WPLN is sharing ridealong stories. Today, we meet one frequent bus user — a student, for whom the bus has enabled more control over her high school experience.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: mass transit, MNPS, Nashville transit referendum, public transit, transit ridealong, WeGo

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

The start of summer feels bittersweet for many at this Nashville elementary school

Alexis Marshall

May 24, 2024

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Hear how students and staff are grappling with the mixed emotions that come with the last day of school.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Education, K-12, Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS

What’s going on with school vouchers?

Elizabeth Burton

March 5, 2024

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School vouchers. Education Savings Accounts. Academic Freedom. School Choice. Regardless of what you call them, ESAs are one of the hottest topics in the Tennessee legislative session.

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, Programs Tagged With: Bill Lee, Education, legislative session, MNPS, Murfreesboro, Sam McKenzie, school vouchers, SOCM

Nashville schools rank in the top 10 for recovery since the pandemic, but racial disparities persist

Rose Gilbert

February 14, 2024

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Metro Nashville Public Schools ranks among the top school districts in the country for academic recovery since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Stanford and Harvard.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Adrienne Battle, ESSER, Freddie O'Connell, MNPS, TCAP

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