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Acknowledgements
SCORE Steering Committee
Corinne A. Allen
Benwood Foundation

Tomeka Hart
Memphis City School Board

Teresa Sloyan
Hyde Foundation

Athanasios Bayiates
Knox County Education Association

Orrin H. Ingram
Ingram Industries

Reginald Tate
Tennessee General Assembly

Keith D. Brewer
TN Organization of School Superintendents

Jeremy Kane
LEAD Academy

Oliver “Buzz” Thomas
Niswonger Foundation

Harry Brooks
Tennessee General Assembly

Tom Kinser
Blue Cross Blue Shield

J. Laurens Tullock
Cornerstone Foundation

Dan Challener
Public Education Foundation

Hal Knight
East Tennessee State University

Tim Webb
Tennessee Commissioner of Education

Karl Dean
Mayor of Nashville

James P. McIntyre Jr.
Knox County Public Schools

Earl Wiman
Tennessee Education Association

Dolores Gresham
Tennessee General Assembly

Gregg Morton
AT&T Tennessee

Les Winningham
Tennessee General Assembly

Tammy Grissom
Tennessee School Boards Association

Gary Nixon
Tennessee Board of Education

Jamie Woodson
Tennessee General Assembly

Research Team

Philanthropic Supporters

SCORE Staff

Emily Carter
Report Author, Vanderbilt University

Benwood Foundation

Brad Smith
Executive Director

Meredith Ross
Report Author, Vanderbilt University
Bethany Eldridge
Research Assistant, Lipscomb University
Hayley Penuel
Research Assistant, Furman University

Cal Turner Family Foundation
Cornerstone Foundation
Donald and Doris Fisher Fund
Hyde Family Foundation

Chris Walker
Communications Director
Alene Arnold
Director of Statewide Operations

Ingram Industries, Inc.
Joe C. Davis Foundation
Lyndhurst Foundation
Memorial Foundation
Niswonger Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cigarran
Dr. & Mrs. William H. Frist

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Tennessee T e n n e S a e
T h e S T a T e o f e d u c a T i o n i n SCORE is S efund

of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

Will Cromer
Special Assistant
Travis Harvey
Special Assistant