State of Education in Tennessee Executive Summary – 2011-12

SCORE: Bo ard of Director s / St eeri ng Com mi t tee / S t a ff Board of Directors Steering Committee William H. Frist, M.D. Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader (Board Chairman) Jim Ayers Chairman, First Bank Chuck Cagle Lewis, King, Kreig, & Waldrop Kevin Clayton CEO, Clayton Homes, Inc. Vicky Gregg CEO, BlueCross BlueShield of TN Zan Guerry CEO, Chattem Jimmy Haslam President, Pilot Travel Centers Pitt Hyde Founder, AutoZone Orrin Ingram President and CEO, Ingram Industries, Inc. Dr. Thom Mason President, UT-Battelle Gregg Morton President, AT&T Tennessee Scott Niswonger Founder, Landair Transport, Inc. Jim Powell President and Founder, Powell Construction 63 SCORE Team Jamie Woodson President and CEO Dr. Sharon Roberts Chief Operating Officer David Mansouri Director, Advocacy and Communications Sylvia Flowers Director, Technical Assistance Kyle Southern Policy and Research Associate Laura Moore Special Projects Coordinator Price Rainer Communications Coordinator Amber McCullough Administrative Assistant Corinne Allen Benwood Foundation Kenya Bradshaw Stand for Children — Tennessee Dr. Keith D. Brewer Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents The Honorable Harry Brooks Tennessee House of Representatives Daniel D. Challener Public Education Foundation Karen Davis Tennessee PTA The Honorable John DeBerry Jr. Tennessee House of Representatives The Honorable Dolores R. Gresham Tennessee Senate Dr. Tammy Grissom Tennessee School Boards Association Tomeka R. Hart Memphis City Schools Board of Education The Honorable Beth Harwell Tennessee House of Representatives Kevin Huffman Tennessee Department of Education Linda Irwin Niswonger Foundation Dr. W. Hal Knight East Tennessee State University Elliot Martin Metro Nashville Public Schools THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN TENNESSEE 2011–12 The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) collaboratively supports Tennessee’s work to prepare students for college and the workforce. We are an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan advocacy and research institution, founded by former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. Dr. James P. McIntyre Jr. Knox County Schools Dr. Gary Nixon Tennessee State Board of Education Dr. Claude O. Presnell Jr. Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association Dr. Jesse Register Metro Nashville Public Schools Dr. Rich Rhoda Tennessee Higher Education Commission Dr. Paula Myrick Short Tennessee Board of Regents Teresa Sloyan Hyde Family Foundations Gera Summerford Tennessee Education Association The Honorable Reginald Tate Tennessee Senate Oliver S. (Buzz) Thomas Great Schools Partnership Ellen Thornton Tennessee Business Roundtable Denine O. Torr Dollar General Corporation Matt Throckmorton Tennessee Charter Schools Association J. Laurens Tullock Cornerstone Foundation of Knoxville Deborah K. (Deb) Woolley Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN TENNESSEE 2011–12 64

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