BEI in the News
Graduation Coaches Are Making a Difference
Interested in seeing what the graduation rates are in our community schools? An article in The Daily Times provides information about all four high schools and how, in some cases, the rates have greatly improved over the last several years. Our educators are working hard to make sure our students graduate from high school on time.
Gubernatorial candidates discuss state’s No.1 priority: education
The Blount Education Initiative (BEI) hosted the Gubernatorial Community Forum that was open to the public. Four candidates discussed a wide range of topics from Pre-K, special education, taxes, higher education to the new state standards.
Press Releases
Future Teachers and Administrators to Gain Valuable Data Analysis Skills
The Tennessee Department of Education and SAS Institute Inc. are partnering to provide valuable teaching resources for Tennessee’s Colleges of Education. Future educators and administrators will learn how to improve teaching effectiveness and student performance by working with simulated reports and results from the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS).
Graduation Rates Show Improvement
Graduation coaches have proven to be a key factor in significant graduation rate increases recently achieved in area high schools.
Spotlight
Blount County Campus Slated to Open for Classes Fall Semester 2010
Pellissippi State Community College’s Blount County Campus remains on schedule for offering the first classes in fall 2010, and the Pellissippi State Foundation has raised more than $1.85 million toward its completion.
BEI Hosts Gubernatorial Candidates for Education Forum
Tennessee’s prospects to overcome its low national educational rankings surfaced as one of the hot topics at the Blount Education Initiative’s (BEI) gubernatorial forum on education Oct. 26, at William Blount High School in Maryville, Tenn.
Candidates participating in the forum included Nashville businessman Ward Cammack (Democrat); Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam (Republican); former Tennessee House of [...]
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• Future Teachers and Administrators to Gain Valuable Data Analysis Skills
• Graduation Coaches Are Making a Difference
• Fathers at a Local School Band Together to Get More Involved
• Graduation Rates Show Improvement
• Tennessee seeks $502 million in federal “Race to the Top” funds for Education Reform
Community Conversations
Fathers at a Local School Band Together to Get More Involved
Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students), a “Father Involvement Initiative of the National Center for Fathering,” is impleted at Foothills Elementary School.
Tennessee SCORE Hosts Gubernatorial Forum
Tennessee SCORE will host a forum on Jan. 14 with the leading Democrat and Republican gubernatorial candidates at Belmont University in Nashville.