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  • MAY 19TH WEEKEND POLL

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    The last full week of schools for MNPS students comes to a close today. Hope it was a good week for you as it was for me. The highlight of my week was attending Project Lit’s book club meeting with… Read More ›

  • FOLLOW UP ON 5/12 POLL

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    Wow! This weekend’s poll got phenomenal response. I was amazed and appreciative that over 300 of you responded to this past weekends poll questions. Once again, the leading answers surprised me a bit. Let’s review. On magnet schools, it turns… Read More ›

  • WEEKEND POLL 5/12

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    This has been one action packed week! Between school board meetings focused on teacher raises, a resignation of a popular school leader, and the last book club meeting of Project Lit, this week has progressed at warp speed. We’ve made… Read More ›

  • THANK YOU DR. DRINKWINE

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    Metro Nashville Public Schools has lost a keeper. Dr. Tim Drinkwine put in his resignation today. He is reportedly taking some time away from education to focus on his family after serving 3 years at the head of Eakin Elementary… Read More ›

  • FIRST POLL IN MAY RESULTS

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    Happy Monday morning! Only 2 more left in Nashville until the end of school. That means I’m soon to have a 2nd and a 3rd grader in the house. Who’d a ever thunk? There was a lot of input in… Read More ›

  • MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT GERMAN AND HUME-FOGG

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    On Friday I shared a letter that I had received from students enrolled in German studies at Hume-Fogg HS here in Nashville. They were concerned because due to purported budget cuts their beloved German program was being phased out. Not… Read More ›

  • A STUDENT VOICE FROM HUME-FOGG

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     Hume-Fogg is an Academic Magnet School here in Nashville Tennessee. It is consitantly ranked  near the top for public schools in the state. Recently Metro Nashville Public Schools has been changing it’s budgetary formula causing many schools to acing very… Read More ›

  • First Poll of May

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    We are now down to the last 14 days of school for the year in Nashville. You’d think things would be calming down a bit, but that doesn’t quite seem to be the case. This weekend’s poll is Nashville centered,… Read More ›

  • SOME POSITIVE RESULTS

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    Happy Monday morning to all of you! Seems like the weekends go so fast. But then again that’s an observence that’s been made since we started marking calendars. Thanks to all of you who responded to this weekends poll. Per… Read More ›

  • WHAT’S OUR PRIORITY?

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    Over the past year, while officially out of work, I’ve taken several part time jobs. One of my jobs is working a couple hours a day a couple days a week with an after school program. The program is made… Read More ›