‘Age-appropriate’ school library bill heads to Tennessee governor’s desk
Tennessee’s legislature is sending a school library bill to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk aimed at scrutinizing library materials for “age...
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Why a small private Christian college in Michigan is having an outsize influence in Tennessee
Relatively few Tennesseans had heard of Hillsdale College before last week. But Gov. Bill Lee’s high-profile praise of the small...
Does Tennessee’s education funding blueprint deliver on governor’s promises? Maybe, but ‘the devil’s in the details’
A blueprint for overhauling Tennessee public education funding appears to align with Gov. Bill Lee’s pledge to consider each student’s...
Four Memphis schools to return to local control after a 10-year state takeover
Four low-performing Memphis schools taken over by Tennessee almost a decade ago will return to their local school district by...
Tennessee’s school-by-school TCAP test scores are out. See how yours did.
Nearly six months after Tennessee students sat down for their end-of-year tests, all of the scores are now out. State...
Tennessee’s first summer learning camps yield improvements in reading and math, governor says
Tennessee public school students who participated in recent summer learning camps showed improvement in reading and especially in math, based...
Seven schools, including three in Memphis, exit Tennessee’s toughest school improvement list
Seven of 79 Tennessee schools flagged for poor academic performance in 2018 dropped off the state’s “priority list” of bottom-performing...
Tennessee House speaker threatens districts that close school buildings or require masks with vouchers
A top Tennessee legislative leader warned local school officials Monday not to issue mask mandates, shutter school buildings in favor...
Get vaccinated but masks not necessary in schools
Gov. Bill Lee is urging Tennesseans to get vaccinated as cases of COVID-19 surge, but doesn’t think schools should follow...
Rising Delta variant, Tennessee’s low vaccination rate could turn schools into COVID breeding grounds
Claire Manos plans to shop for supplies and a few clothes to get ready for a new school year next...
