Textbook Commission removes race and gender from science advisory panel applications
Members of the Tennessee Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission unanimously voted Wednesday morning to remove race/ethnicity and gender from.
Proposed Nashville public charter schools make appeals to the state next week
Members of the Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education have seen four of their decisions against proposed public.
- by Reana Gibson
- September 5, 2023
Tennessee Department of Education announces Bren Elliott new State Turnaround Superintendent
Tennessee’s much criticized Achievement School District has a new leader. Dr. Bren Elliot is joining the Tennessee Department of Education.
- by Reana Gibson
- September 5, 2023
Rutherford County produces two of the top readers in the state
Rutherford County is home to two of the top readers in the state. Smyrna’s Stewart’s Creek High School Senior Taylor.
- by Tennessee Firefly Staff
- September 5, 2023
74 Interview: Time ≠ Learning — Tim Knowles on Scrapping the Carnegie Unit
In the early 1900s, the nation’s civic leaders launched a full court press to make secondary education — previously offered to.
- by Beth Hawkins, The 74
- September 5, 2023
Controversy Over Ed Dept. Title IX Overhaul Expected to Fuel Further Delays
President Joe Biden is closing in on the last year of what he hopes will be his first term, but.
- by Linda Jacobson, The 74
- September 2, 2023
Supporters say proposed Memphis public charter school is needed to disrupt the cycle of poverty
Alice Lockett is an example of the generational challenges many families in Memphis face. As a teenager she dropped out.
- by Sky Arnold
- September 1, 2023
Misconceptions abound for who public charter schools are serving. Subira Gordon plans to change that.
When Subira Gordon took over as the CEO of the Nashville Charter Collaborative last July there was no question what.
- by Sky Arnold
- August 31, 2023
Supporters of Fairley High School make their case for it to remain a public charter school
Patricia Adams graduated from Fairley High School in 1989, when the school was still a traditional public school in Memphis..
- by Reana Gibson
- August 31, 2023
Few Tennessee students passed the summer school option to advance under new Third-Grade Retention Law
New data released by the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) shows not many third-graders passed the summer school option to.
- by Reana Gibson
- August 31, 2023