Tennessee delays issuing schools A-F grades — again

For a fifth straight year, Tennessee has delayed its plan to start giving A-F grades to its 1,800-plus public schools..

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Report questions Tennessee public school’s spending of $3.5B in COVID-19 relief funds

A new report from Beacon Center of Tennessee shows that school districts throughout Tennessee received a total of nearly $3.5 billion sent.

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Joris Ray agrees to resign as Memphis-Shelby County Schools chief under deal with board

Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray, who was under investigation over claims that he abused his power and violated district.

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KIPP Memphis leader discusses his vision for the city’s oldest charter network

As KIPP Memphis celebrates its 20th anniversary, CEO Antonio Burt thinks the charter network is on its way to “finding.

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Education reform a deciding factor in Tennessee primary elections

While national issues like abortion and COVID restrictions dominated discussions leading up to the August 4 State and Federal Primary,.

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Reading all star back to compete in Tristar Reads Scholarship Program

There’s not a Hall of Fame for reading competitions in Tennessee but if there were, Pegram’s Sarah Collier would be.

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One charter school wins Memphis school board approval

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board on Tuesday approved just one of four charter school applications for the 2023-24 school year.

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Nashville school board decides against charter legal fight

The Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education provided school choice supporters with a mixed bag at Monday afternoon's.

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MSCS reports over 200 teacher vacancies three weeks before school starts

With less than three weeks to go before students return to classrooms, Memphis-Shelby County Schools has 220 unfilled teaching positions.

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Rutherford County approves Tennessee’s first suburban charter school

Tennessee currently has no charter schools operating outside the big four cities of Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. Rutherford County’s.

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