State Board of Education

Can your textbooks do this?

Effective Leaders
A new study on middle grades finds that, among other things, using student achievement data for evaluation of school leaders is critical for student success.
Researchers found that the key distinguishing factor between higher- and lower-performing schools was an intense schoolwide focus on improving student academic outcomes. Other […]

TN was chosen today as one of 16 finalist for thefirst round of Race to the Top funding. State leaders will travel to Washington, D.C. the week of March 15 to make presentations to peer reviewers. Winning states are expected to be announced in April (see the TN application here).
I think Seth Godin’s post, […]

Basic Education Program (BEP) Review Committee Meeting
10AM to Noon, CST
Tennessee School Boards Association
525 Brick Church Park Drive
Nashville, TN 37207-3219
WebEx Conference Call Instructions
Meeting Information
Name: BEP Meeting - Capital Outlay Freeze
Summary: Consider $27.7 million capital outlay freeze
Start Time: 03/01/2010 10:00 AM
Duration: 02:00
URL: http://stateoftennessee.na6.acrobat.com/r63702529/
Access: Anyone who has the URL for the meeting can enter the room
Audio Conference Details
Conference Number(s): 1-877-468-0082, In Nashville Call 532-5141
Participant Code: 1220

Effective Leaders
Metro Nashville invites charter school operators to create the first conversion charter school in the state.
While you’re watching the Olympics, check out some of the differences between education policymaking at the national level between Canada and the U.S.
Effective Teachers
School success can be replicated, even in the toughest urban environments, with a focus […]

Effective Leaders
Effective leaders don’t spend time trying to motivate their employees. The employees can do that themselves, if the employer will just “get out of the way and stop de-motivating employees with mindless policies and poor management strategies.”
Read the Harvard Business School article or a brief summary here.
How can we bridge the gap between […]

The Advisory Council on Teacher Education and Certification will meet on Tuesday, February 23rd (9AM to 3PM) in the 1st Floor Conference Room, Andrew Johnson Tower, 710 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243, (615) 741 - 2966

Domino’s Pizza and Education Reform?
Effective Leaders
MNPS tries radical ideas to turn two schools around. One involves the state, the other is essentially an RFP to run a school (sounds similar to the idea of contract schools presented by the authors of the 2007 Tough Choices or Tough Times report, the New Commission on the […]

The State Board of Education will host a call-in meeting to consider charter school appeals on Monday, February 8th, 2:15PM (CST).
Here is the agenda, and here are the recommendations of Dr. Nixon to the State Board of Education.
In Nashville, call 532-5141; Out of Nashville, 1-877-468-0082, pin number 2158.

The State Board of Education will hold a call in meeting to consider charter school appeals on Monday, February 8th, 3:45PM (CST).
Here is the agenda, and here are the recommendations of Dr. Nixon to the State Board of Education.
Call in instructions are as follows:
In Nashville, call 532-5141; Out of Nashville, 1-877-468-0082, pin […]

Watch this discussion of education in America by Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria before you watch the President’s address tonight:

Effective Leaders
Thomas Friedman calls on the the President to urge teaching and demonstration of innovation and entrepreneurship to students. Friedman’s editorial includes a link to National Lab Day, an organization that connects elementary and secondary teachers and […]