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..

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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,.

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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.

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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.

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Tennessee teachers spend more on candidate contributions than Amazon. New legislation could change that.

The union that represents Tennessee teachers made it crystal clear this week that it's not happy with Governor Bill Lee’s.

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House Committee decides to extend debate on home school charter schools

In a perhaps surprising twist, the House Education Administration Committee decided not to vote on House Speaker Cameron Sexton’s charter.

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Legislator Profile: Senator Raumesh Akbari finds common ground to improve education

Senator Raumesh Akbari admits it’s not easy getting legislation passed as a Democrat in the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee.

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Tennessee governor’s safety bill threatens penalties for schools if they don’t lock entrances

Gov. Bill Lee is proposing sweeping changes to enhance school safety across Tennessee, requiring all K-12 public schools to keep.

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Senate approves Governor Lee’s plan to make highly effective summer learning camps permanent

Tennessee Senators approve Governor Lee's plan to make summer learning camps available year-round for “at-risk” students in grades K-3 and.

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