Lawmakers use time in between federal funding hearings to tour innovative Nashville public charter school

State Senators Jon Lundbeg, R-Brisol, and Bill Powers, R-Clarksville, and Representative William Slater, R-Hendersonville, utilized their downtime in between federal

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State taskforce wraps up hearings with the first speakers to encourage Tennessee to reject federal education dollars

Over the course of 6 meetings, state lawmakers on the Joint Working Group on Federal Education Funding have heard testimony

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Education Commissioner says rejecting federal dollars would not be simple

Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds told state lawmakers there’s no easy way for the state to avoid federal

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Parents who opposed Invictus Nashville Charter School provided “false information” by their district, school leader says

On the morning of September 18, the Dean of Instruction for Stanford Montessori Elementary School used her publicly funded time

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Think tank says other states would likely benefit financially if Tennessee rejected federal education dollars

Non-partisan think tank the Sycamore Institute told Tennessee lawmakers other states would likely receive most federal education dollars Tennessee chooses

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Leader of taskforce to study rejecting federal education dollars casts doubt the group will recommend spending less on education

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, and Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, attracted national attention this fall when they

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Next month your school will receive a grade. To get an A they’ll need to show success with student achievement and growth.

When Lizzette Reynolds took over as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education in late July, she immediately inherited the

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Tennessee leaders want the Science of Reading in classrooms. A national study shows work still needs to be done.

In 2021 the Tennessee Department of Education announced a major undertaking to reform early childhood literacy. The department’s Reading 360

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Education leaders working on the School Letter Grades want student achievement and growth to account equally

When Tennessee launches the School Letter Grades next month parents will be able to see how well their child’s school

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School Letter Grades Working Group favors grading schools based on a variety of factors

Members of the School Letter Grades Working Group have spent more than 13 hours this month discussing the right way

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