Tennessee Department of Education

 
 
WHAT:       Tennessee school administrators will complete a week-long intensive training session to become certified Parent Project facilitators. Tennessee’s Office of School Safety and Support Services and Sumner County’s Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program are co-hosting the free training event.
WHEN:           October 29 – November […]

 
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Education has launched a project to improve the teaching workforce in high-poverty schools and schools with large minority student populations. Teams from six school systems this week are studying how to recruit and retain effective, experienced teachers for such schools. The department, the […]

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Nashville, TN – Tennessee’s national award-winning Jobs for Tennessee Graduates program focused on work-based learning this week during the fourth annual Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® Career Day. High school students from across the state learned about the diverse careers in […]

Nashville, TN – Results from Tennessee’s bi-annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey for 2007 are now available through the Tennessee Department of Education’s Office of Coordinated School Health. The Coordinated School Health division works with dedicated personnel in every Tennessee school system to help students develop positive behaviors that […]

 
Nashville, TN – Four Tennessee teachers have been named finalists for the 2007 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Each year, up to 108 teachers become national winners in recognition of excellence and leadership in math and science […]

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Education today announced Hamilton County Schools English teacher Pamela Rector is the 2008 Tennessee Teacher of the Year. Ms. Rector received the award Monday evening at the department’s annual Teacher of the Year awards banquet. The nine regional finalists and three grand division runners […]

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) – Governor Phil Bredesen has proclaimed October 15-19, 2007 as National School Lunch Week in Tennessee. School systems across the state will provide fun and educational activities for Tennessee’s children in an effort to raise awareness about eating healthy, nutritious meals.
 
“National School Lunch Week is a reminder that […]

Nashville, TN – Fulton High School Assistant Principal Jonathan Rysewyk today received a $25,000 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award, an honor given to select outstanding educators each year.  Education Commissioner Lana Seivers and Accountability Director Connie Smith presented the award at a surprise ceremony at the Knoxville […]

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Education today announced winners of the 2008 Supervisor of the Year and Principal of the Year awards. Sumner County Schools Elementary Instructional Coordinator Glee Moore received the 2008 Supervisor of the Year award. Two principals were named 2008 Principals of the Year: Margaret McKissick-Larry of Memphis City […]

Nashville, TN – Four Tennessee schools received Blue Ribbon Schools awards from the U.S. Department of Education. This national award recognizes schools that dramatically improved student achievement or performed in the top percent in the state on annual tests. Tennessee’s 2007 Blue Ribbon Schools are Jacks Creek Elementary in Chester County; […]