Governor Lee signs school safety legislation into law

Governor Bill Lee signed new school safety legislation into law Wednesday morning designed to boost school security and provide additional

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Governor Bill Lee announces special session in response to Nashville school shooting

Governor Bill Lee announced Monday that he plans to call for a special session to continue the discussion to strengthen

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Knox County Schools launches special education task force

Knox County Schools Superintendent Jon Rysewyk announced the creation of the Special Education Task Force designed to address concerns about

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Wit and Wisdom textbooks the most frequently requested by districts despite calls to remove the curriculum in some communities

Great Minds Wit & Wisdom continues to be a desired curriculum despite the controversy surrounding its teaching content. The Tennessee

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Steep decline in eighth grade social studies scores is declared a “national concern”

Eighth grade test scores for U.S. history and civics dropped to their lowest levels since the National Assessment of Educational

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New legislation to raise teacher pay hasn’t quieted calls in Memphis for better compensation for all educators

The recent passage of a teacher pay raise by the Tennessee General Assembly hasn’t quelled calls to improve the compensation

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Metro Nashville Public Schools says summer learning program is helping stop the “summer slide”

Every summer, students across the country experience learning loss during the months they’re away from school on summer break. Two

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Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn announces departure

Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn announced she’s planning to step down in June, following four and a half

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Students and alumni plead for Fairley High to remain open as a public charter school

Fairley High School students and alumni told the Memphis-Shelby County School Board they want the school to remain open as

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Knox County School Board ignored its own district’s recommendation to approve a public charter school. That could change Thursday

Supporters of the proposed Knoxville Preparatory School will learn Thursday if having every school board member in attendance improves their

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