Biden Administration To Cancel $39 Billion In Student Loans
The Department Of Education Announced Friday That $39 Billion In Federal Student Loan Debt For About 800,000 Borrowers Will Be “Discharged,” Or Canceled, In The Coming Weeks.
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TN House Speaker Proposes A Refusal On Federal Funds For Education
House Speaker Cameron Sexton Says It’s Time For Tennessee To Stop Taking Federal Funding For K-12 Education So The State Would No Longer Have “Federal Government Interference” In The Way Schools Are Run.
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DOE Threatens TN Dept of Education Funding For Alleged Assessment, Accountability Issues
The U.S. Department Of Education Has Placed A Condition On A Grant To The Tennessee Department Of Education Citing Assessment And Accountability Issues And Has Threatened Further Enforcement Actions Unless Resolved.
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Lawmakers Call For Investigation, Criticize Federally-Funded CRT Program
Republican Lawmakers Blasted A Federally Funded Education Program That Trains Researchers And Teachers In Critical Race Theory After An Investigation Broke News Of The Program. Now, One Florida U.S. Congressman Is Calling For An Investigation Into Whether The Program Violates State Law.
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TN Attorney General Sues Biden To Stop Men From Being Allowed In Women’s Sports
Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III, Leading A 20-State Coalition, Filed A Lawsuit In The Eastern District Of Tennessee Yesterday. The Complaint Seeks To Stop The Biden Administration From Enforcing New, Expansive, And Unlawful Interpretations Of Federal Antidiscrimination Laws.
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More School Choice Options Equals Higher State-Level Test Scores
As School Choice Bills Continue To Make Their Way Through State Legislatures, A Report On Student Achievement Published By The University Of Arkansas’s Department Of Education Reform Argues That The More Educational Options Are Afforded Parents, The Better Statewide Test Results Are.
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Tennessee Pushes Ahead With In-Person Testing, Remote Learners Included, During Pandemic
While At Least Six States Are Seeking To Cancel Student Testing This Spring As The Pandemic Grinds On, Tennessee Isn’t Wavering In Its Plan To Give Tests In-Person To Most Of Its Nearly 1 Million Students.
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Universities Distribute Additional HEERF II Funds To Eligible Students
On Jan 14, The U.S. Department Of Education Announced An Additional $21.2 Billion Is Available To Higher Education Institutions To Facilitate Learning During The Pandemic. UTC Received $9,513,779, Of Which $4,756,890 Was Available And Disbursed To Students Beginning Last Week.
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COVID Exposed The Flaws In Federalized Education
When COVID-19 shut down classrooms from coast to coast, few districts had contingency plans to plug the hole it put in our children’s learning skills and plans for the next year. This impacted many of their SAT scores, scholarships, college entrance requirements and exams. With no strategic plans during a shutdown, and generous union contracts, school teachers across the U.S. collected full time checks while sitting home. States require schools to include 180 days of classroom instruction and teaching programs. But this was ignored around America. Teachers got paid if they worked or not and many children played with friends instead of doing lessons in quarantine. The only students schooled as usual were by home schooling parents.
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Tennessee’s Lowest Composite ACT Score In 5 Years Unaffected By COVID-19
Tennessee’s Department of Education has reported the lowest statewide average composite ACT score in five years, and the score was not affected significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to test company officials.
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