TN Comptroller’s Office Releases Online K-12 Dashboard
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office Of Research And Education Accountability (OREA) Has Created An Interactive Online Dashboard Displaying Key Data About K-12 Public Education.
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Basic Education Program
Battle Lines Drawn Over Governor’s Education Funding Review
Gov. Bill Lee And Supporters Call His Statewide Review Of Tennessee’s K-12 Funding Formula An Effort To Target Money To Fit Each Student’s Needs. Critics, In Contrast, Say It Is An Effort To Fast Track And Funnel State Dollars To Private Schools.
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Study Shows Tennessee Is Failing At School Funding
A Newly Released Study Places Tennessee Near The Bottom When It Comes To Education Funding, As Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn Continues With A Series Of Town Hall Meetings Across The State In An Effort To Push A New Funding Formula.
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State To Host Town Hall Meetings To Discuss School Funding Formulas
Interested Tennesseans Will Get A Chance To Make Their Voices Heard In Regards To The State’s Funding Of Its Public Schools. The Tennessee Department Of Education Has Announced A Series Of Eight Public Town Hall Meetings As A Part Of Their Revamping Process.
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K-12 Education Funding Report Highlights Tennessee System Failures
A New Report From Tennessee Nonprofit State Collaborative On Reforming Education (Score) Shows The State Would Be One Of Nearly 40 Others To Adopt A Student-Based Funding Formula If That Is The End Result Of The State’s Review Of Its K-12 Public Education Formula, The Basic Education Program (Bep).
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Teacher Pay Will Be Issue In TN Public School Funding Review
As Tennessee Begins Looking At Revamping Its Basic Education Program (BEP) To Fund Public Schools, One Factor Looming In The Discussion Of A New Funding Formula Is Teacher Pay.
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Republicans & Dems Share Differing Views Of TN’s Plan To Revamp Education Funding
When Lee Presented the Plan To Revamp The BEP, He Said A New Funding Formula Would Be A More “Student-based Funding Strategy Than A System-Based Funding Strategy.” That Terminology Created A Red Flag For Some Lawmakers.
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What A K-12 Funding Formula Review Could Mean In Tennessee
When Gov. Bill Lee Called For A Review of Tennessee’s Basic Education Program (BEP) Last Week, It Came After Years Of Complaints About The Public Education Funding Formula.
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Lee Commits To Revamping TN’s K-12 School Funding Formula
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Said Friday The State Will Review Its K-12 Education Funding Model, The Basic Education Program (BEP), Looking For Ways To Improve The Way The State Spends Its Education Money.
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K-12 Education Funding Has Doubled In Tennessee Since 1992
K-12 Education Is The Top Expenditure In Tennessee’s Budget And Has More Than Doubled, Adjusted For Inflation, Since The Current School Funding Plan Began In 1992, A Sycamore Institute Report Shows.
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