MSCS superintendent search remains on hold until board members agree on an approach
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members decided Monday to keep their search for a new superintendent on pause while they try.
Tumultuous legislative session brings passage of teacher pay raises, tweaks to Third-Grade Retention, and a possible special session
The Tennessee General Assembly adjourned Friday following a tumultuous legislative session that included the expulsion and return of two members,.
- by Reana Gibson
- April 24, 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
The Terrible Truth: Current Solutions to COVID Learning Loss Are Doomed to Fail
Most of the programs school districts have implemented to address COVID learning loss are doomed to fail. Despite well-intended and.
- by Margaret Raymond, The 74
- 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
Brenda Jones hopes to be the first Nashville public school graduate to open a public charter school
Brenda Jones has a personal reason behind her mission to establish a new public charter school in Nashville. In a.
- by Sky Arnold
- April 21, 2023
House passes changes to Tennessee’s Third-Grade Retention Law. Compromise legislation now heads to the Governor
Debate over one of the biggest issues for education in Tennessee is over for the year. Thursday morning House members.
- by Reana Gibson
- April 20, 2023
TSSAA approves new rules for students who violate rules for name, image, and likeness
A high school athlete who violates the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s (TSSAA) amateur rules for receiving money through sponsorships,.
- by Vanessa Helgeland
- April 20, 2023
House approves legislation to let families in Knox and Hamilton County use taxpayer money to attend private schools
House members voted 57 to 35 Wednesday to expand Tennessee’s Education Savings Account Program (ESA) following a strong pushback by.
- by Reana Gibson
- April 20, 2023
‘U.S. Education Is a Challenged Space’: In Exclusive 74 Interview, Bill Gates Talks Learning Recovery, AI and His Big Bet on Math
Bill Gates wants Americans to stop hating math. Our struggles teaching the subject — whether evidenced by our middling performance.
- by Kevin Mahnken, The 74
- April 20, 2023