Last school year, the small Lakeland district outside Memphis received about $64,000 in Title I funds to help educate poor students. Next year, it’s expecting nearly $427,000.
The Collierville district, 20 miles away, got about $635,000 last year. Next year? It’s expecting more than $3.1...
Tennessee’s proposed plan for school accountability rates strong on measuring academic progress, but weak on counting all kids, according to an independent review released Tuesday by two education groups.
For the most part, the state landed in the upper middle of an analysis spearheaded by...