Despite K-2 Reading Gains, Results Flat for 3rd Grade ‘COVID Kids’
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Legislation to enable public charter schools to serve more economically disadvantaged and at-risk students faces key votes
House Bill 1086/Senate Bill 0980 faces key votes in the full Senate today and in the House Education Administration Committee.
- by Sky Arnold
- February 24, 2023
Tennessee legislators look to Mississippi for guidance on changing the Third-Grade Retention Law
Wednesday members of the House Education Administration Committee received help making that decision from an unlikely neighboring state to the.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 23, 2023
Comptroller Finds TSU’s Management Seriously Overlooked Housing Issues
The Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury released a special report Wednesday that found Tennessee State University seriously lacks necessary housing.
- by Vanessa Helgeland
- February 23, 2023
How Schools and Programs Around the Country Are Making Teaching More Diverse
As a little girl growing up in El Salvador, Aracely Valdes loved school and dreamed of becoming a teacher. Yet,.
- by Lynn Olson, The 74
- February 23, 2023
Controversial pronoun and transgender athlete bills advance in House subcommittee
The Republican Supermajority in the Tennessee General Assembly has made headlines this year supporting controversial legislation involving drag shows and.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 22, 2023
Tennessee 3rd-grade retention law will intensify Memphis students’ pandemic woes, local critics say
Many Memphis youths are already struggling to overcome emotional and psychological trauma inflicted or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. But.
- by Tonyaa Weathersbee, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- February 22, 2023
Why Does NEA Want Julie Su to Be the Next Secretary of Labor?
In what appears to be an unprecedented move, the National Education Association has publicly announced its support for a potential.
- by Mike Antonucci, The 74
- February 22, 2023
Representative Tim Hicks says he’s received commitment to expand career and technical education
Legislation to expand access to career and technical education may have accomplished its sponsor’s goals without a single vote for.
- by Sky Arnold
- February 22, 2023
School Choice Profile: Two Nashville mothers explain how Rocketship’s model is enabling their children to succeed
Ever since the first one opened in 2003, public charter schools have seen tremendous growth as a schooling option for.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 21, 2023