Southeast Regional Rural Education Summit to be held in Nashville Tuesday and Wednesday

The Southeast Regional Rural Education Summit will be held at Lipscomb University in Nashville July 19 and 20. Orgaizers say it will be a unique event bringing together nearly 500 educators, administrators, policymakers, and community leaders from communities throughout the region to focus on education strategies as the key to improving rural economic development.

The lead partner for the event is Tennessee SCORE (State Collaborative on Reforming Education), a nonprofit founded by former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist. Other partners include the Rural School and Community Trust, the Tennessee School Boards Association and the Southern Regional Education Board. For more information on the summit go to http://www.tnscore.org/registration.