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"By Design: The Shaping of Nashville's Public Schools is a documentary produced by the Nashville Public Education Foundation examining historical moments of public schooling in Nashville dating back to the 1800s. The film is intended to educate city leaders and the community about how public policy and community priorities have formed the basis for the city's current education system, and to generate awareness and advocacy to stimulate policy solutions...
17) Rubies in the rubble: an educator's transformation from pain to prominence, from abuse to absolution
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This author experienced a transformation from unrelenting failure and pain to one of empathy, compassion, and love. Her gripping account of misfortune and abuse transformed into iron-clad self-respect and human triumph.
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Abstract: Includes a wide variety of material relating to schools in the Nashville area and elsewhere in Middle Tennessee. Most items outside of the Nashville area concern universities or colleges. In the collection as a whole, all types of schools are included, both public and private, and elementary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions. Materials are also included which concern or originate with school-affiliated groups and individuals, such...
20) Hattie Cotton School: the last teacher's first-hand experiences of the 1957 bombing and aftermath
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On September 9, 1957, six-year-old Patricia Watson became the first black child to attend Hattie Cotton Elementary School as a result of the court mandated desegregation of Nashville public schools. Just after midnight on September 10, the school was bombed, likely by the KKK supremacists protesting integration. Hattie Cotton School was published to memorialize the horrific event and honor principal Margaret Cate and all those who helped guide students,...