Author Archives

• Time to End the ASD Fiasco

  By TC Weber on February 23, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Filing a Freedom of Information Act(FOI) or Open Records request, as it sometimes referred to, is always an interesting proposition. Over the last several years, I’ve filed several and to be honest, most have been worthless. Sometimes depending on who… Read More ›

• Keeping it in Perspective.

  By TC Weber on February 18, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  This week Metro Nashville School Board Member Jill Speering wrote a Facebook post that started with the following question: At last week’s meeting, an MNPS Board member suggested that there are 35,00o seats in Metro Schools that lack “quality” so… Read More ›

• The Charter Conversation takes a page out of Edward Lear

  By TC Weber on February 16, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve written anything. There has been plenty on my mind, but I’ve got a full time job and parenting is a full time job and my wife would like a little attention as well,… Read More ›

• Are we funding a School District or a PR Firm?

  By TC Weber on February 4, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  This week I got the results back from a open records records request I made with the state of Tennessee’s Achievement School District. It’s taken a while for me to fully digest them. The Tennessee Achievement School District was created… Read More ›

• Is there really a point to it all?

  By TC Weber on January 25, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” — T.S. Eliot That quote by Eliot has been resonating lately with me. I find myself reading about and looking at all… Read More ›

• Teacher Power!

  By TC Weber on January 19, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  Last night my wife and I were having one of those rare after dinner conversations. We have a four year old and a five year old, so when I say rare, I do mean rare. The topic of the conversation… Read More ›

• Please abolish the term “turn around”

  By TC Weber on January 13, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  Here we go again. Last year Metro Nashville Public Schools(MNPS) found out that they had fifteen schools that were classified as priority schools by the state of Tennessee.  A priority school is a school ranked in the bottom 5% of the state… Read More ›

• The Belief Gap as created by Chris Barbic

  By TC Weber on January 7, 2015 • ( 8 )

  

  Here in Tennessee we are blessed with a very unique educational entity. It’s called the Achievement School District and it was created hand in glove with Louisiana’s Recovery School District to move schools in the lower 5% achievement-wise to the top… Read More ›

• Say it fast and it sounds good.

  By TC Weber on December 31, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

    Last night I was discussing the current state of education reform with a friend whom I seldom agree with, when he countered with, “Why can’t all of our schools be like Hume-Fogg and MLK Magnet?”.  In case you are not familiar… Read More ›

• What does College and Career readiness really mean?

  By TC Weber on December 28, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  I am not an educator. That’s something I always want to be clear about. I have two children and I am married to an educator, but I do not earn my living through instructing children. Having a spouse as an… Read More ›