Legislation to expand the Education Savings Account Program to Hamilton County advances
Legislation to expand the controversial Education Savings Account (ESA) program advanced through a key subcommittee Tuesday night. The House K-12.
Speaker Sexton’s home school charter school proposal sails through subcommittee
Legislators on the Tennessee House K-12 Subcommittee surprisingly approved a major proposal impacting both home school students and public charter.
- by Sky Arnold
- March 1, 2023
Memphis School Board encouraged to let the public to submit questions to superintendent candidates
A member of the community advisor committee that’s helping guide the search for a new superintendent for Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 1, 2023
Two bills address the declining college attendance rates by offering more opportunities to students
The number of Tennessee students attending college immediately after high school has dropped by more than 10% over the last.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 28, 2023
Senate passes legislation allowing public charter schools the ability to prioritize serving at-risk students
Tennessee State Senators gave their support Monday evening to legislation designed to help provide at-risk students with more accessibility to.
- by Sky Arnold
- February 28, 2023
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
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
Proposed legislation would fill the “middle skills gap” Tennessee employers need
56% of the jobs in Tennessee require at least some education beyond a high school diploma but not a four-year.
- by Sky Arnold
- February 20, 2023
Education Commissioner says new school funding formula will give teachers an average $1,250 raise
One of major selling points in last year’s passage of the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act was that it.
- by Sky Arnold
- February 17, 2023