The next panel discussion in the Memphis Educational Equity Learning Series will take place on Thursday (February 21) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the National Civil Rights Museum.
“Essential, Not Extra: Arts Education as a Fundamental Component of...
Welcome to the start of a brand-new school year across Tennessee.
What do you think the big themes in education will be this year? What should Chalkbeat be watching and writing about? Who should we be talking with? We want...
An education voucher plan that squeaked through Tennessee’s legislature this spring probably would not have passed if a texting scandal involving House Speaker Glen Casada had broken just days or weeks earlier, says a Republican House leader.
Casada, a Republican...
By Candace J. Semien (The Drum/NNPA Member) BATON ROUGE — When Jonathan Hage traveled to Baton Rouge following the August flood, the Charter School USA director’s first concerns were his teachers’ and students’ well-being. Along with his wife and other executives, Hage brought hope and money; each teacher received $500. “It’s not money. It’s love,” […]
When Tennessee’s new online testing system started having technical issues two weeks ago, the hallway designated for the exams at Freedom Preparatory Academy’s high school in Memphis resembled a lifesize whack-a-mole.
“There were heads popping out of classrooms saying, ‘We...
The political action committee for Tennessee’s largest teachers organization on Tuesday endorsed Democrat Karl Dean for governor over his Republican opponent, Bill Lee.
The Tennessee Education Association PAC cited Dean’s record on school funding and his opposition to vouchers...
The city that has been the epicenter of Tennessee’s school improvement work since 2012 got encouraging news on Friday as fewer Memphis schools landed on the state’s newest list of troubled schools.
Only 45 public schools in Memphis were designated...
Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee’s Republican-controlled legislature are sticking with language in education voucher legislation that would check families’ immigration status to participate, even though doing so could land the state in court.
The Senate Education Committee voted Wednesday to...
A lawsuit charging that Tennessee underfunds its schools by hundreds of millions of dollars has been dismissed, while a separate education funding case is inching closer to trial in 2020.
Hamilton County Schools quietly dropped its 5-year-old lawsuit against the...
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican Gov. Bill Lee declared Monday that his proposal to funnel an additional $117 million to K-12 teacher salaries would be the largest investment in teacher pay in Tennessee history.
Lee made...