Voices from the Movement

Voices from the Movement Flyer
The “Voices From the Movement” project is a cooperative effort between American Baptist College, Fisk University, Lipscomb University, and the Nashville Public
Library. The events are open to the public and are free – so grab a friend and come on out! It should be a fabulous experience for all! Topics range [...]

Social Mobility factored into College Rankings!

Washington Monthly recently published their college rankings – but their methodology was a bit more interesting (and realistic) than that of say, Princeton Review.
Check this out:
The social mobility score is more complicated. We have data that tells us the percentage of a school’s students on Pell Grants, which is a good measure of a school’s [...]

What puts a gun in the hands of a 14-year-old boy?

Below is a piece written by the Nashville City Paper with additions by Teenedge staff. 
What puts a gun in the hands of a 14-year-old boy in the middle of a school day? That is the question Nashvillians are likely asking themselves today after the community lost by all accounts one of its [...]

Inequality in Dress Code? – No, surely you jest.

The Tennessean reported on September 27 that Metro schools are enforcing the dress code with different levels of veracity.
The new dress code for Metro schools regulates the colors and types of clothing that can be worn by students. The dress code is district wide. However, some schools have a higher number of dress code violations, [...]

Mayor’s Meeting Swayed by HS Student

As you may or may not know, Nashville recently elected a new mayor – Mayor Karl Dean. Last night, September 24th, he held the Mayor’s Town Hall Meeting on Education at Pearl-Cohn. The Oasis Center’s own Darius Teasley decided he wanted the microphone to share some very important opinions with the group.

Darius steps [...]