Tennessee
“Districts have the option to choose,” Lee said.
Lawmakers send bill to the governor, but it’s not clear whether he’ll sign it.
Feagins expects the board to approve the new plan in September, following the Aug. 1 election.
Tennessee lawmakers voted this week to approve the proposal, but it threatens to disrupt an existing contract between the university and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Senate and House still at odds over how to revise a 2021 reading and retention law
The vote comes one year after a mass school shooting in Nashville that prompted calls for gun restrictions
Gov. Bill Lee’s proposed statewide expansion follows a string of failed attempts, narrow votes, and court reversals.
Lee plans to push for policy again next year.
With time running out, GOP leaders insist voucher bill is still in play
Century-old Humes was operated as a charter under the state’s unraveling Achievement School District.
Student testing is a sticking point as legislative leaders seek a compromise.
A Council of the Great City Schools leader said the team could be used as a model for other new superintendents
Charter networks, both inside and outside the state, are tracking the legislation.
‘People were damn mad,’ said one spectator who was asked to leave the chamber.
Students in Craigmont High’s new Earth and space sciences class watched a preview before looking up to the sky.
A consultant for Juvenile Court found that just half of students were attending class, and that the curriculum didn’t keep them on track for graduation.
After a colleague at her school left her job, Missy Testerman worried about who would advocate for immigrant families. So she switched gears in her educational career to fill the gap.
Meanwhile, new attempts to tighten the state’s lax gun laws fizzle.
GOP leaders acknowledge that the Achievement School District district had failed in its turnaround mission.