Governor Lee plans to bring his “voucher” plan back next year. Two polls show Tennessee remains divided.

Two polls released this month have found Tennesseans remain sharply divided on Governor Bill Lee’s plan to let parents use

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Governor signs law designed to reduce the number of children retained in the fourth-grade under new reading requirements

Governor Bill Lee signed legislation Tuesday that should ease some concerns parents have that their fourth-graders could be held back

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Children to learn this week if they’re at risk for retention under reading requirements

Parents across the state should learn this week whether their third and fourth-graders are at risk for retention because of

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Student transition team presents recommendations to Memphis-Shelby County Schools

New Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins has looked to a variety of voices for assistance as she charts

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Poll finds Tennessee voters are more supportive of public charter schools than the school boards opposing them

This month school board members in three school districts voted down every application for a new public charter school. The

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Senate Education Chair faces misleading attack ads in GOP primary race supporters say “skirt” campaign rules

Tennessee is not expected to have many truly competitive races in the August 1 state primary, but one that will

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Poll finds improving education a much bigger priority for Tennessee voters than protecting gun rights

Tennessee lawmakers and school board members have spent a lot of time over the last few months debating whether teachers

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Memphis-Shelby County School Board rejects three proposed new public charter schools but leaves the door open for one of them

Brittany Jones told members of the Memphis-Shelby County School Board her 13-year-old son has seen real change at the Memphis

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Knox Prep welcomes new students into a family atmosphere

Tawanya Figgs says she felt her 11-year-old son Ta’vion Wilson needed a change going into his sixth-grade school year. Figgs

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New Memphis public charter school pushing back opening until 2025

Empower Memphis Career and College Prep will begin serving Orange Mound and South Memphis students a year later than planned.

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