America's Promise released a report earlier this week that showcases that the national graduation rate INCREASED. In fact, we made the LARGEST GAIN IN THE NATION! GOOD FOR US!
Knoxville, Nashville, West Tennessee, Chattanooga, and Memphis all ran stories about this great statistic!
Why do I feel like no one took time to actually say, "Job well done?" If you got a better grade on a test, you would hope an effective teacher would take a second to say, "Good work!"
So, United Way wants to say, "Great job, Tennessee!"
Take time to say THANK YOU! to...
1. TEACHERS
2. PARENTS
3. STUDENTS
4. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
5. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO VOLUNTEER WITH AND SUPPORT SCHOOLS
6. YOUR LEGISLATORS
See where I'm going?
It's really easy to get caught up in how far we have to go, what still needs to be fixed, etc. It's also easy to be slightly cynical and write off small gains like this. Is there a long way to go? Sure. Is the work done in Tennessee's education system? Heck no!
Remember that it'll take us all working together to actually get something done.
The "Grad Nation" report cites "...strong leadership, multi-sector collaboration, innovation, and support and technical assistance for research-based solutions are increasing graduation rates" (Executive Summary, p.5).
To me, this sounds like COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION WORKS. Hopefully you'll join in.
Congratulations, Tennessee!
UNITED WAY TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS EFFORT UPDATE:
The United Ways of Tennessee recently released their report about "Listening to the Community about Effective Teahcers." Learn more about what happened at the summit HERE and from the NASHVILLE NEWS REPORT.
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