Coronavirus Tennessee

Coronavirus

Memphis school officials are reviewing COVID protocols after health department softens quarantine rules

By Samantha West December 2

College and career readiness

High school graduation rate dips for second straight year in Tennessee

By Marta W. Aldrich November 23

Coronavirus

‘One step closer to normal’: Memphis school vaccine clinic for children ages 5-11 brings excitement, relief

By Samantha West November 19

COVID safety

‘Mask whiplash’ hits Tennessee students adjusting to conflicting mandate orders

By Marta W. Aldrich November 18

COVID safety

See if your district still has a school mask mandate amid mask confusion in Tennessee

By Samantha West November 16

COVID safety

Shelby County school mask mandate can continue despite new anti-mask law, judge says

By Samantha West November 12

Coronavirus Tennessee

Tennessee governor signs law rolling back school mask mandates

By Marta W. Aldrich November 12

COVID safety

Shelby County requests emergency clarity on its authority to require masks

By Cathryn Stout and Samantha West November 11

Tennessee governor extends his school mask opt-out order

By Cathryn Stout November 5

Tennessee public schools may soon be barred from issuing masks mandates, except in extreme situations.

By Samantha West and Marta W. Aldrich November 3

Coronavirus Tennessee

Tennessee lawmakers all but ban mask mandates in public schools

By Marta W. Aldrich October 30

School boards

Proposal to turn school board races partisan clears Tennessee legislature

By Marta W. Aldrich October 29

Statehouse policy and politics

GOP lawmakers race to roll back COVID restrictions in Tennessee schools, businesses

By Marta W. Aldrich October 28

The Comeback

Memphis school quarantines mean little instruction, poor communication, parents say

By Samantha West October 13

Coronavirus Tennessee

Tennessee governor to extend order letting parents opt out of school mask mandates

By Marta W. Aldrich September 30

Coronavirus Tennessee

Court rulings in Shelby and Knox counties against governor’s mask opt-out order appealed by Tennessee

By Marta W. Aldrich September 27

Coronavirus Tennessee

Tennessee’s first summer learning camps yield improvements in reading and math, governor says

By Marta W. Aldrich September 22

COVID safety

Despite COVID, most Tennessee parents are upbeat about school this year, poll says

By Marta W. Aldrich September 21

Mask mandate in Memphis area schools can continue, for now, judge rules

By Cathryn Stout September 17

20,000 COVID diagnoses in Memphis-area students is a sobering pandemic milestone

By Samantha West September 13

Mask mandate hearing raises issue of ‘separate but equal’ for Tennessee students with disabilities

By Cathryn Stout September 9

Timeline: Teacher deaths, mask debates rock Memphis during the first 30 days of school

By Samantha West, Cathryn Stout, and 3 more September 9

Tennessee: We want to hear about your quarantine experiences this school year

By Samantha West September 7

Tennessee judge allows school mask mandate, temporarily blocks governor’s opt-out order

By Cathryn Stout September 3

Remote learning

Schwinn approves 8 waivers allowing some Tennessee schools to shift to remote learning temporarily

By Marta W. Aldrich September 1

Healthy schools

Tennessee should prioritize funding more school nurses and counselors, says key panel

By Marta W. Aldrich August 31

COVID safety

Judge hears objections to Tennessee governor’s order making wearing masks in school a parental choice

By Cathryn Stout August 30

Remote learning

Schwinn to consider waivers to shift schools to virtual learning as COVID cases spike in Tennessee

By Marta W. Aldrich August 27

Remote learning

Tennessee governor says no again as some school leaders clamor for remote learning

By Marta W. Aldrich August 25

Remote learning

As pediatric COVID cases climb, Memphis parents fume over Tennessee’s new restrictions on remote learning

By Cathryn Stout and Marta W. Aldrich August 24

How Tennesseans reacted to the governor’s order to make masks optional in schools

By Cathryn Stout August 17

Tennessee students can opt out of wearing masks at school, governor says. The Shelby County superintendent disagrees.

By Ian Round and Caroline Bauman August 16

Coronavirus Tennessee

Memphis school officials are reviewing COVID protocols after health department softens quarantine rules

High school graduation rate dips for second straight year in Tennessee

‘One step closer to normal’: Memphis school vaccine clinic for children ages 5-11 brings excitement, relief

‘Mask whiplash’ hits Tennessee students adjusting to conflicting mandate orders

See if your district still has a school mask mandate amid mask confusion in Tennessee

Shelby County school mask mandate can continue despite new anti-mask law, judge says

Tennessee governor signs law rolling back school mask mandates

Shelby County requests emergency clarity on its authority to require masks

Tennessee governor extends his school mask opt-out order

Tennessee public schools may soon be barred from issuing masks mandates, except in extreme situations.

Tennessee lawmakers all but ban mask mandates in public schools

Proposal to turn school board races partisan clears Tennessee legislature

GOP lawmakers race to roll back COVID restrictions in Tennessee schools, businesses

Memphis school quarantines mean little instruction, poor communication, parents say

Tennessee governor to extend order letting parents opt out of school mask mandates

Court rulings in Shelby and Knox counties against governor’s mask opt-out order appealed by Tennessee

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Tennessee’s first summer learning camps yield improvements in reading and math, governor says

Despite COVID, most Tennessee parents are upbeat about school this year, poll says

Mask mandate in Memphis area schools can continue, for now, judge rules

20,000 COVID diagnoses in Memphis-area students is a sobering pandemic milestone

Mask mandate hearing raises issue of ‘separate but equal’ for Tennessee students with disabilities

Timeline: Teacher deaths, mask debates rock Memphis during the first 30 days of school

Tennessee: We want to hear about your quarantine experiences this school year

Tennessee judge allows school mask mandate, temporarily blocks governor’s opt-out order

Schwinn approves 8 waivers allowing some Tennessee schools to shift to remote learning temporarily

Tennessee should prioritize funding more school nurses and counselors, says key panel

Judge hears objections to Tennessee governor’s order making wearing masks in school a parental choice

Schwinn to consider waivers to shift schools to virtual learning as COVID cases spike in Tennessee

Tennessee governor says no again as some school leaders clamor for remote learning

As pediatric COVID cases climb, Memphis parents fume over Tennessee’s new restrictions on remote learning

How Tennesseans reacted to the governor’s order to make masks optional in schools

Tennessee students can opt out of wearing masks at school, governor says. The Shelby County superintendent disagrees.

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