Tennessee Department of Education releases School Letter Grades dashboard

The Tennessee Department of Education rolled out its much-anticipated School Letter Grades platform Thursday. The system is designed to provide

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Five superintendent semi-finalists announced for Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Search firm Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates (HYA) announced the five finalists it’s picked to lead Memphis-Shelby County Schools Friday

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Knox Prep leaders have had success serving students of color. Why are these board members working against it?

Three members of the Knox County Board of Education continued to work against efforts to establish a public charter school

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Tennessee SCORE releases recommendations to support public charter schools and improve student pathways to employment

When the founders of Nashville Classical proposed the new public charter school in 2013, acquiring facilities was a huge challenge.

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House Education Chair supports accountability, opposes “pop-up schools” benefiting from private school scholarship plan

When Governor Bill Lee unveiled his proposed program to offer taxpayer funded private-school scholarships Tuesday, Tennessee House Education Administration Chair

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Metro Nashville School Board votes to close one of northeast Nashville’s highest performing elementary schools

Jauana Luiz Cruz says the transition of moving to Nashville from Mexico was a huge challenge for her elementary school

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Jackson-Madison County Schools launches grant program to support teachers

The Jackson-Madison County School System (JMCSS) announced the launch of a new teacher grant program aimed at supporting innovative teaching

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Governor Lee to propose statewide expansion to program allowing families to use taxpayer money to attend private schools

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee plans to unveil the details of a proposed statewide expansion to the Education Savings Account (ESA)

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Alumni celebrate the 20th anniversary of Tennessee’s first public charter school

Twenty years ago, Chelsea Bailey was a rising seventh-grader in Memphis who had no idea what a public charter school

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