Independent review finds the Tennessee Career Academy’s application to open a new public charter school needs work
Founders of the proposed Tennessee Career Academy envision their public charter school as a solution to the growing need in.
Persistent opposition from House Democrats fails to stop Republican homeschool and TikTok legislation from advancing
Democrats in the House Education Administration Committee failed to stop two Republican sponsored bills addressing education funds and TikTok concerns.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 16, 2023
House committee advances bill to let public charter schools prioritize serving at-risk students
Members of the House Administration Committee advanced legislation Wednesday designed to help provide at-risk students with more accessibility to public.
- by Sky Arnold
- March 15, 2023
Promising Futures child care scholarship bill advances in Tennessee Senate
A bill to create a scholarship program to help Tennessee’s low- and middle-income families pay for high-quality early child care.
- by Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- March 15, 2023
Compromise to reduce the number of children held back from Tennessee’s Third-Grade Retention Law passes key committees
State lawmakers in two key committees advanced a compromise bill this week to tweak Tennessee’s highly criticized Third-Grade Retention Law..
- by Reana Gibson
- March 15, 2023
Good addition to the team? Why an independent review is recommending approval for a sister school affiliated with the Memphis Grizzlies
For eleven years, the Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School has provided middle school boys with a science, technology, engineering, arts,.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 15, 2023
Legislation to strengthen “divisive concepts” restrictions at universities advances from House Subcommittee
The debate over “divisive concepts” at universities is making returns to the Tennessee General Assembly. Oak Ridge Representative John Ragan.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 14, 2023
Memphis Lift helping bring literacy awareness to Memphis families
Parents’ movement the Memphis Lift is partnering with the Tennessee Department of Education to help raise awareness of the of.
- by Vanessa Helgeland
- March 14, 2023
Proposed “career focused” public charter school in Memphis receives high marks from independent reviewers
There’s a specific reason why the founders of Empower Memphis Career & College Prep chose Orange Mound and South Memphis.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 13, 2023
Tennessee House speaker proposes task force to look into rejecting federal education funds
House Speaker Cameron Sexton wants to create a task force to study the feasibility of Tennessee rejecting U.S. education dollars.
- by Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- March 13, 2023