Tennessee Conservative
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office Is Releasing A New Collection Of Resources On Charter Schools In Tennessee. As Of The 2023-24 School Year, More Than 100 Charter Schools Operate In The State Under Six Authorizers. More Charter Schools Are Set To Open In 2024-25.
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Schools Across The State Have Been Able To Receive School Safety Grant Money Since The End Of June, And A Recently Released Report Shows Just How Much Money Each System Will Be Receiving
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The Nine-Member Charter Commission, Appointed By Gov. Bill Lee, Will Have To Hold At Least One Public Hearing On Each School Before Deciding Whether To Overturn The Local School Boards Decisions Not To Approve American Classical Schools In Maury And Madison Counties.
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For The Second Time This Year, Madison And Maury Counties School Boards Said No To American Classical Education, Dealing A Minor Blow To The Charter Schools.
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American Classical Education Resubmitted Amended Applications In Two Of Four Tennessee Counties That Denied It Earlier This Year.
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1) Williamson County To Purchase Voting Machines Despite Public Outcry
2) Crossville Man Arrested For Protesting Pride Parade
3) Tennessee Representative Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Biden and Harris
4) TN Bureau Of Ethics And Campaign Finance Denies “Intent” Of Failed Bill Was To Censor News Outlets And Advocacy Groups
5) Tennessee Students Learned More In Math & Reading At Charter Schools, Report Says
6) Nashville Shooter’s Parents Want To Release the “Manifesto” To Covenant School Families
6A) Covenant School Shooter’s Autopsy Shows No Request For Testing For Prescription Medications
7) Tennessee Court Upholds Employee Rights To Petition Lawmakers In BlueCross BlueShield Case
Students At Tennessee Had The Equivalent Of 34 More Days Of Learning In Reading Per Year In Public Charter Schools Than At Their Regular Public School, According To A Study From Stanford’s Center For Research On Education Outcomes.
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Democrat Representative Antonio Parkinson Introduced His Bill In The House Education Administration Committee On Wednesday Sounding Like A Conservative When He Likened A Hypothetical Bad Business Investment To Funding For A State Run School District.
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HB1214 Could Both Threaten The Best Current School Choice Options We Have And Introduce New, Worse Ones. Broadly Speaking, We Now Have Public, Private, Charter, And Homeschool Options In Tennessee. House Bill 1214 And Its Sister, Senate Bill 1194, Have The Potential To Alter Several Of These Choices.
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A Bill Being Pushed By Speaker Cameron Sexton That Creates Two Very Different Kinds Of Charter Schools Is Drawing Ire From The State’s Homeschool Community.
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