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• PASSION IS RUNNING HIGH

  By TC Weber on March 19, 2018 • ( 2 )

  Starting with this week’s post, I’m going to make some changes to how I distribute these posts. Previously I have posted links in various neighborhood groups across the city. While the response has been overwhelmingly positive, as of late I… Read More ›

• TIGHTENING BONDS WITH THE TRUTH

  By TC Weber on March 16, 2018 • ( 6 )

  

  After Tuesday’s board meeting, I originally meant to write a post on Wednesday. I intended to call the piece “Lies my Superintendent told me.” But, as so often happens, events kept unfolding, making the title and the piece feel a… Read More ›

• ANYBODY GOT A FLASHLIGHT?

  By TC Weber on March 12, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  The Metropolitan Nashville Public School District continues its annual budget process tomorrow. Things kick off at 4pm with a budget finance committee meeting, followed at 5pm by a regularly scheduled board meeting, followed by a public comment session to hypothetically… Read More ›

• IS IT REALLY EQUITABLE?

  By TC Weber on March 9, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  A legend tells of a French monastery known throughout Europe for the extraordinary leadership of a man known only as Brother Leo. Several monks began a pilgrimage to visit Brother Leo to learn from him. Almost immediately, they began to… Read More ›

• BUDGET, BUDGET, WHO’S GOT THE BUDGET?

  By TC Weber on March 7, 2018 • ( 11 )

  

  For about two weeks now, when district leadership announced that as part of the impending budget process they were going to change the formula for Title I distribution, I have been deeply immersed in learning about how our school budgets… Read More ›

• THESE FEET WERE MADE FOR WALKING

  By TC Weber on March 5, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  I’m going to start off with some disclaimers before we get rolling this week. First, in a recent blog post, I cited the per-pupil Title I allocation by MNPS as being $485 when it is actually $491. That number is… Read More ›

• PSSSST…. BY THE WAY, WE’RE BROKE.

  By TC Weber on March 2, 2018 • ( 6 )

  

  Well, this has been a week. It started, as too many of these weeks have, with the death of someone special. You’ve heard me talk about moving here in 1989 and how the Rock scene in Nashville at that time… Read More ›

• A STEM AWAKENING

  By TC Weber on February 27, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Talk about setting oneself up for failure. Publishing former MNPS teacher Scott Bennett’s exit letter yesterday really raised the bar for the week. It seems his words resonated with y’all, and as a result, that post has grown to become… Read More ›

• WORDS FROM A RECENTLY DEPARTED MNPS TEACHER

  By TC Weber on February 26, 2018 • ( 3 )

  I didn’t write a post today because I was off attending STEM Summit III at MTSU in Murfreesboro. It was a fantastic experience, and I’m extremely grateful to Connie Smith for inviting me. Expect more details on the Summit tomorrow…. Read More ›

• OF TITLE I, TESTING, AND WEEKEND POLL QUESTIONS

  By TC Weber on February 23, 2018 • ( 6 )

  

  Today’s blog post comes with a little warning: this is going to be a bit of a heavy lift. I want to try to translate into layman’s terms some issues surrounding Title I funding and increased standardized testing. But before… Read More ›