Election Learning at LEAD Public Schools
From the Classroom to the Ballot Box, with Polls and Policy Discussions in Between During an election year, “teachable moments” can lead to civic engagement and greater understanding of how students can be part of and help shape the news. For teachers
Three LEAD teachers earn Blue Ribbon Teacher Awards!
Congratulations to Paige Pennigar of LEAD Southeast High, Lindsay Roe of LEAD Cameron, and Elizabeth Phelps, of LEAD Cameron (pictured above, left to right) for earning Blue Ribbon Teacher Awards for Teacher Leadership, announced today by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Five LEAD Schools Earn Highest Marks for Growth
Nashville’s only two ASD schools demonstrated academic growth faster than their peers across Tennessee For the second straight year, students across the LEAD network far outgrew their peers academically across Tennessee by earning the highest score - Level 5 - on
FIVE LEAD teachers named Blue Ribbon Award Winners!
LEAD Public Schools is proud to announce that five teachers in our network are Blue Ribbon Teacher award winners for the 2018-2019 school year. The honor is given by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, the Nashville Public Education Foundation and Nashville’s
Serving students AND their families: LEAD Southeast offers adult ESL Classes
Jose Cisillas speaks English fluently, but the Nashville transplant only learned to read and write in his native language of Spanish in school. So when his daughter Kristie, a student at LEAD Southeast Middle, had questions about her homework in
Five out of six LEAD schools earn Level 5 TVAAS scores
Students at LEAD Public Schools in Nashville are among the fastest improving schools in the state for student academic growth, scoring a Level 4 or 5 TVAAS growth scores at all six network schools during 2017-18. This success includes the students
LSE High Participates in MNPS Career Exploration Fair
The inaugural freshmen class at LEAD Southeast High Schoolparticipated in The Academies of Nashville’s annual Career Exploration Fair today inside the Music City Center earlier today. In its ninth year, the fair allows 6,000 high school students from more than 22 Metro Nashville Public
LEAD Southeast Teacher Selected for 2017 Shell Urban Science Educators Development Award
Dr. Alexandra Valdes, a science teacher at LEAD Southeast since 2014, was recently named a 2017 Shell Urban Science Educator Award recipient. The award recognizes outstanding and diverse science teachers and provides them with ongoing professional development and growth opportunities. Dr.
LEAD Academy Scores Level 5 on TVAAS
LEAD Academy High School scored a Level 5 last year on the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS), the highest ranking given to schools by the state department of education. “Our students and teachers did a great job leading up to the
LEAD Announces LSE Leadership Team for 2017-2018
LEAD Public Schools announced today that LEAD Southeast School Director Chris Elliott will be the school director for LEAD Southeast High School as it begins operating a ninth-grade in the 2017-2018 school year. Additionally, LEAD announced that Emma Mac, the school’s