Nashville teaching jobs will be one of the main focuses of a new statewide education initiative.
Gov. Phil Bredesen recently announced creation of the Tennessee Education Innovation Plan, an initiative that includes a range of education-reform proposals designed to spur improvement in the state’s education pipeline, specifically focusing on improving student performance and graduation rates at both the high school and college levels.
The plan is composed of two bills, including the “Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010,” which will work toward the U.S. Department of Education’s Race to the Top Fund, and the “Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010,” which will focus on improving college completion rates.
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