Tag Archives: Learning Loss

White County schools aim to mitigate learning loss through a new program Tennessee Accelerating Literacy and Learning Corps. Director Kurt Dronebarger said that the program provides grants for schools to pay staff and tutors to help students excel. “Really what we’re going to try and do in white county is reach what we call those ‘bubble kids,'” Dronebarger said. “The ... Read More »

The Jackson County School System is focusing on capital projects and learning loss in its latest ESSER application. Director of Schools Kristy Brown said the district is applying to put awnings on school buildings and outdoor classrooms. However, Brown said the district decided to go above and beyond what is required for learning loss spending to make the biggest difference ... Read More »

Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn spent Monday touring Upper Cumberland school systems to get feedback on summer learning. Schwinn made a stop in Overton County Monday and fielded questions from school system leadership. Schwinn said that based on feedback, summer learning went well. “I think that a lot of it is the STEM work and really focusing on science, hands-on ... Read More »

The Overton County School System is asking for community feedback on how to potentially spend federal COVID funding. Federal Programs Director Teresa Johnson said the results will be compared to the districts goals to create an improvement plan. “There is a requirement within the ESSER 3.0 where we as a school district have to have a public facing,” Johnson said. ... Read More »

The Putnam County School System will use testing results to help target students for its Summer Learning and Bridge Camps. Director of Schools Corby King said that there has not been clear guidance from the state on Summer Camp expectations. However, King said the system knows it needs to address learning gaps caused by last school year’s closure and absences ... Read More »

The Van Buren County School System is expecting to receive about $2 million dollars in the third round of COVID relief funds. Director of Schools Cheryl Cole said the initial thought is to use some of the funding to pay faculty salaries. “We could supplant with this,” Cole said. “So, salaries that we would normal take out of GP (General ... Read More »

The Clay County School System will begin reaching out to parents this week about Tennessee’s mandated summer learning camp. Supervisor of Instruction Misty Strong said the program will run from May 24 until June 24 on a 4-day a week schedule. Strong said the system is looking at bench mark assessments, economically at-risk students and even successful students for the ... Read More »

Jackson County Schools allocated $65,000 for the state-mandated summer school. The School Board discussed preliminary plans for how the system will set up the sessions Thursday night. Director of Schools Kristy Brown said one thing to figure out is how $65,000 will cover six weeks for k-4 students and four weeks for 5-7 students. “I mean, until we figure out ... Read More »

Putnam County School officials hope to provide a one-time stipend to all school employees as part of new COVID money. The system will receive some $9.2 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds from the federal government. Director of Schools Corby King said the system wants to pay teachers and staff for the extra work COVID has required ... Read More »

District 43 Representative John Mark Windle said he wanted support staff raises to be included in the package of bills passed Friday. After a four day special called session, the Tennessee General Assembly approved $160 million of legislation targeted at student learning. Included in that was an eventual 4 percent teacher raise. Windle said while he is pleased, it is ... Read More »