Urban Education Improvement

Helping Teachers Teach and Children Learn in Urban Schools

The Urban Education Improvement Program was created in 2003 and is a working partnership between the Department, teachers, administrators and other stakeholders who are striving to improve student achievement in urban schools.

 PROGRAM GOALS

• To create the best environment for our children to learn
• To serve as an outstanding resource for urban schools that face unique challenges in meeting achievement standards.
• To research and implement best practices that focus on the needs of urban schools and the children that they serve
• To assist in locating resources for those schools
• To identify staff development needs
• To focus school improvement processes on student achievement.

Together We Can Make A Difference!

Gwendolyn Watson
Urban Education Specialist
615-532-4710
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Tennessee Department of Education
6th Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower
Nashville, Tennessee 37243

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