Tennessee Conservative
Former Democratic state legislator John DeBerry of Memphis will join Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s cabinet as a senior adviser, the governor’s office announced Monday.
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State officials are asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to allow a school-choice program to move forward after being ruled unconstitutional by lower courts earlier this year.
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Eighty-nine schools in more than 30 Tennessee school districts will receive a total of about $700,000 in grants to fund science, technology, engineering and math education (STEM) programs, as well as career and technical education (CTE), the Tennessee Department of Education announced Monday.
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Teacher raises, vacant positions and funding for school districts with decreased enrollment this school year were some of the topics discussed Tuesday as the chiefs of Tennessee’s education agencies presented their proposed budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Questions and complaints have arisen about the Tennessee Department of Education’s management of a school-choice program for disabled students and its allocation of federal coronavirus relief funding, prompting two state legislators to ask the state comptroller to investigate.
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Several Democratic state lawmakers are calling for Gov. Bill Lee to suspend teacher evaluations for the year and reconsider standardized testing.
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Results of back-to-school student checkpoint tests from 38 school districts across the state are consistent with learning loss projections released by the Tennessee Department of Education, the department confirmed.
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A huge drop in Tennessee learning projections is striking worry into school superintendents and legislators. Based on a national learning loss study, the Tennessee Department of Education projects that students are expected to face a learning loss of 50% in English and 65% in math.
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Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn’s announcement of COVID-19-related learning loss projections for Tennessee students took state lawmakers and school superintendents by surprise.
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The Center Square [By Vivian Jones]- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery has announced his office reached a settlement agreement to
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