Former students make emotional plea for the return of a former Memphis public charter school
Zephan Alexander describes his time as a public-school student in Memphis as a challenge. He struggled in traditional public schools.
Denied proposed public charter schools make their appeal to the state this week
Proposed public charter schools have not found an easy road to approval in Tennessee this year. Local school boards approved.
- by Reana Gibson
- August 28, 2023
House subcommittee kills Representative Whitson’s legislation to limit public charter school appeals
Legislation designed to limit the appeal options for public charter schools who’ve had their applications wrongfully denied by school districts,.
- by Sky Arnold
- March 29, 2023
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.
- by Sky Arnold
- March 17, 2023
Academic gains propel LEAD Neely’s Bend out of the state’s Achievement School District
LEAD Public Schools announced LEAD Neely’s Bend will be the first public charter school in Nashville to exit the state-run.
- by Sky Arnold
- January 27, 2023
Charter Commission ends appeal cycle by overturning Metro Nashville Public Schools again
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission ended this year’s charter appeal cycle with another key vote to approve a high-quality.
- by Vanessa Helgeland
- October 19, 2022
Public Charter School Commission Denies Both Founders Classical Academy Appeals
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission voted unanimously to deny two appeals Monday that would have paved the way for.
- by Vanessa Helgeland
- October 18, 2022
Service for students with disabilities in question for proposed Classic charter schools
The Executive Director of the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission says two proposed schools offering a Classic Education model lack.
- by Sky Arnold
- October 13, 2022
Financial questions raised for proposed high-quality nature-based charter school
The Tennessee Nature Academy aims to be Middle-Tennessee’s first nature-based public charter school but it’s a different type of green.
- by Sky Arnold
- October 12, 2022
Charter commission sides with KIPP Nashville over Metro Nashville Public Schools
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission sent another strong statement to the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education that.
- by Sky Arnold
- October 5, 2022