Representative Bo Mitchell uses misleading attack on public charter schools to oppose legislation that benefits economically disadvantaged students

Monday’s vote in favor of legislation to support economically disadvantaged students came with a misleading attack by a State Representative.

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House subcommittee ends its year by advancing three bills to make higher education more attainable to Tennessee students

The Tennessee House Higher Education Subcommittee ended its work this year by moving several pieces of legislation forward to support.

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House Democrats attack public charter schools despite academic success in their own counties

Thursday morning two House Democrats used what would otherwise be a routine vote to reauthorize the Tennessee Public Charter School.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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