Priorities
Education
Blueprint for Education Reform
During a speech at the Downtown Rotary on Sept. 8, 2008, Mayor Dean unveiled his Blueprint for Education Reform.
Teach for America
Teach for America has selected Metro schools as a new site for the 2009-10 school year. Mayor Dean raised $1 million through the private sector to support the organization’s first-year operations in Nashville.
Education First Fund
Mayor Dean has helped create an Education First Fund through the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to provide a vehicle for individuals and organizations to support to his education reform initiatives.
Attendance Center
Dean proposed funding in the 2008-2009 operating budget for an attendance center to be run by Juvenile Court to provide early intervention for truant students.
- Read Dean's budget presentation speech
Advisory Council on Special Education
On Aug. 13, 2008, the Mayor’s Advisory Council on Special Education presented a report of recommendations on how to improve special education services provided by Metro schools.
- Read the Advisory Council's report
- View the Advisory Council's report presentation
Project for Student Success
In December 2007, the mayor appointed a 40-member task force to develop ways to reduce the dropout rate in Metro schools. The task force presented its recommendations to the mayor on June 25, 2008.
- Read the Project for Student Success task force report
- View the Project for Student Success task force report presentation
Alternative High Schools Initiative
Dean announced during the 2008 State of Metro Address that Nashville has been selected to participate in an initiative with the National League of Cities to bring a network of high school alternatives to Metro schools.
- Read the State of Metro press release
- Read Dean’s State of Metro speech
Town Hall Meetings on Education
During his first year in office, the mayor held a series of Town Hall Meetings on Education throughout Davidson County to talk to parents, teachers, students and other concerned citizens about how to improve Metro Nashville Public Schools.