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• OF EFFICACY AND EQUITY

  By TC Weber on April 17, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  I’m looking forward to the day when I write a piece that focuses on the success of students and fails to mention the inadequacies of adults. Though it doesn’t look like this will be the week for that to happen…. Read More ›

• NASHVILLE’S COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE

  By TC Weber on April 13, 2018 • ( 2 )

  I swear, you can’t make up the things that have transpired during this budget season for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools if you tried. If it wasn’t all so tragic, it would be comedic. When Director of Schools Dr. Shawn Joseph… Read More ›

• ONE FOR THE BOOKS

  By TC Weber on April 11, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Budget season in MNPS continues to march on, and it continues to be one of turmoil. Fresh off of spring break, and several reports from Channel 5 investigative reporter Phil Williams looking at district fiscal policy, Metro Nashville Public Schools… Read More ›

• THE FORECAST CALLS FOR MORE STORMS

  By TC Weber on April 9, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Welcome back, MNPS students and teachers. Hope everybody had a fantastic reprise last week. As my son has informed me throughout spring break, we now have 34 more days until summertime. While things might have quieted inside district school buildings,… Read More ›

• AN HONEST LOVE

  By TC Weber on April 6, 2018 • ( 8 )

  

  Climb on board the slightly wayback machine with me. Today I’d like to take you back to the year 2008. That’s the year that former school board candidate Jane Grimes and I were appointed to the board that oversaw the… Read More ›

• BUDGET TIDBITS

  By TC Weber on April 2, 2018 • ( 11 )

  A relative calm seems to have descended over greater Nashville with the arrival of spring break. This year’s spring break arrives later in the year than in the past. I think it’s safe to say there were more than a… Read More ›

• A DEEPER CONVERSATION

  By TC Weber on March 30, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  I was fortunate enough to be walking into this past week’s MNPS State of Schools speech at the same time as Fall-Hamilton ES principal Matthew Portell. If you are unaware of the incredible work that Portell and his staff at Fall-Hamilton ES… Read More ›

• A NASHVILLE EDITION OF O’HENRY’S “THE CACTUS”

  By TC Weber on March 26, 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  This week, Nashville lost another one of those characters who made the city a truly special place to reside. Peter Pressman was known as the “father of Nashville’s running community” for good reason. Anyone who has ever run any organized race… Read More ›

• THERE IS NO CRAZY LIKE NASHVILLE CRAZY

  By TC Weber on March 23, 2018 • ( 12 )

  

  The focus of Nashvillians’ involvement in education issues continues to be centered around MNPS budget issues. This week, Dr. Joseph managed to assuage some of those concerns, at least in the short term. We’ll get into details in a minute, but… Read More ›

• A MNPS BUDGET PETITION IS CREATED

  By TC Weber on March 21, 2018 • ( 11 )

  In a post earlier in the week, I poised the question of whether or not this year’s budget process was more chaotic than in previous years. I still don’t know the answer to that question, but I do know that none… Read More ›