Knox County Board of Education approves the county’s second public charter school
Knox County School Board Member Susan Horn (District 5) provided the tie breaking vote at Thursday’s special called meeting to.
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.
- by Reana Gibson
- April 26, 2023
Knox County School Board Member makes insensitive comments towards a student and his immigrant family during unusual meeting
By any standard, the Knox County Board of Education’s April 6 meeting was unusual. Board member Susan Horn (District 5).
- by Sky Arnold
- April 24, 2023
Tennessee legislature sends governor pared-down school voucher expansion bill, omitting Knox County
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Tennessee lawmakers agreed Friday to expand the state’s private.
- by Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- April 21, 2023
Vote to approve Knoxville public charter school results in tie. What comes next?
After plenty of heated discussion on Thursday evening, the shorthanded Knox County Board of Education failed to approve Knoxville Preparatory.
- by Reana Gibson
- April 7, 2023
Tennessee law could hold back thousands of third graders in bid to help kids recover from the pandemic
A retention policy tied to state reading test scores is drawing both support and skepticism.
- by Ariel Gilreath, The Hechinger Report
- April 7, 2023
Proposed public charter school in Knoxville receives support from district evaluators and students
The charter evaluation team for Knox County Schools is recommending approval for a second public charter school. The team formally.
- by Sky Arnold
- April 5, 2023
Chattanooga NAACP leader encourages Knoxville NAACP to reconsider its opposition to public charter school
The education chair of the Chattanooga NAACP wants her organization’s Knoxville branch to reconsider its opposition to proposed public charter.
- by Sky Arnold
- March 30, 2023
Tennessee’s latest private school voucher expansion proposal would add Knox County, too
Tennessee’s private school voucher program, currently limited to eligible students attending public schools in Memphis and Nashville, would expand to.
- by Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- March 23, 2023
House Democrats attack public charter schools despite academic success in their own counties
Thursday morning two House Democrats used what would otherwise be a routine vote to reauthorize the Tennessee Public Charter School.
- by Sky Arnold
- March 17, 2023