After months of conversations with principals, long days of travel, and lots of study, district chief Sharon Griffin is finally ready to make some sweeping changes in the Achievement School District’s 30 charter schools.
Griffin, who promised she would listen...
Teacher members of the Tennessee Education Association meet Tuesday with Rep. Harold Love of Nashville during an advocacy day at the State Capitol in Nashville. TEA encourages members to use a day of their spring breaks to lobby lawmakers...
In a room of brightly colored motivational posters and yoga mats, two middle school students sit across from one another in a circle of comfy blow-up chairs, glaring at each other, and talking through an argument of name-calling that...
Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to bring education vouchers to Tennessee is an ambitious plan — but short on details thus far.
The Republican governor announced his “parent choice” initiative on Monday before a legislative body that has consistently rejected vouchers...
In an effort to boost literacy among its youngest students, Shelby County Schools has proposed a policy that would require second-graders to repeat the school year if they don’t read on grade level.
The district and state have struggled to...
Tim Green may be a science teacher, but one of his favorite metaphors to tell students is about kitchen appliances.
Green was one of seven educators and students who participated in a February storytelling night hosted by Chalkbeat Tennessee, Spillit,...
Ten people have put their name in to become the next board member of Tennessee’s largest school district.
The appointee will fill the seat Teresa Jones vacated following her recent appointment as a municipal court judge, and would serve until...
When you’re the big fish, it’s not OK to pick on the little fish just because you can.
That’s an important lesson for everyone. But some Houston first-graders got a particularly vivid demonstration in the form of a musical puppet...
The Shelby County Schools board voted unanimously Tuesday to close a northeast Memphis charter high school.
Board members Joyce Dorse-Coleman, Stephanie Love, Michelle Robinson McKissack, Scott McCormick, Shante Avant, Billy Orgel, and Kevin Woods, Miska Clay Bibbs voted in favor of...
Frustration over Tennessee’s lagging third-grade literacy rate is resurrecting discussion about whether the state is investing its money wisely for early childhood education.
Rep. Bill Dunn has re-filed a bill that would let school districts divert state funds from public...