How Tennessee Has Assigned Its $3.7B In Federal Pandemic Recovery Funds

Tennessee Has Now Assigned All $3.7 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funds Across The State, With The Largest Portion Going To The State’s Most Populous County, Davidson.

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Legislators Propose Variety Of Bills To Change New Third-Grade Retention Law

At Least 18 Different Bills Have Been Proposed In An Attempt To Consider Concerns Regarding The New Retention Law That Could Potentially Have Thousands Of Students Facing Summer School In Order To Keep From Repeating The Third Grade.

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Tennessee Ballot Bungle, Cloudy Election Finance Reports, Kids Exposed To Drag, Limiting Citizen Input, Lost Learning Land & More! – The TennCon Big 7!

• Nashville Voters Given Wrong Ballots, Votes Cast For Candidates In Other Districts
• Tennessee Election Finance Reporting Lacks Transparency For Those Not “In-The-Know”
• Knox County Leadership Unresponsive To Citizen’s Concerns About Children’s Exposure To Drag
• Analysis Shows Some TN Students Lost Months Of Learning Between 2019 – 2022
• Williamson County School Board Votes To Limit Citizen Engagement
• Nashville Council Members Push Back Against Mayor’s $2.1B Stadium Deal
• Jefferson County Commission Stands Up For Medical Freedom Of Tennessee Guardsmen

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Analysis Shows Some TN Students Lost Months Of Learning Between 2019 – 2022

A New Analysis Of Data From The Nation’s Report Card Shows That Tennessee Students Lost, On Average, What Equals Five Months Of Math Learning Between 2019 And 2022 While The State’s Students Lost Four Months Of Reading Learning.

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TN Student Learning Loss Matches Nationwide Trend In Nation’s Report Card

Tennessee Mirrored The National Trend With Lower Test Score Results In Both Reading And Math As Shown In The Nation’s Report Card From The National Assessment Of Educational Progress.

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Nation’s Report Card Shows Shelby County Schools Have Greatest Decline In The Country

Newly Released Data Places Shelby County Schools With Some Of The Biggest Drops In Math And Reading Scores Across The Country, According To The “Nation’s Report Card.”

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Conservatives Hold “Respect Fest” For Hamilton County Board Member After Far-Left Group Calls For Her Resignation

Last Night, Conservatives In Hamilton County Held A “Respect Fest” For HCS School Board Member Rhonda Thurman Following An Attack By A Local Far-Left Group Calling For Her Resignation.

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As Major Metro Schools Approach $30K Spending Per Student, Performance Plunges

Several Major Metropolitan School Districts Across The Country Are Reporting Record-Level Spending Per Student While Enrollment Dwindles. New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C., And Los Angeles Have Increased Per Student Budget Expenses In The Last Five Years While Academic Outcomes Have Fallen Considerably.

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TN Shifts Learning Loss Programs To Stimulus Funding, Moves Road Projects To State Funds

Tennessee Plans To Spend $102 Million Of Its $3.7 Billion American Rescue Plan Allocation On A Learning Loss Intervention Program For Tennessee Students. It Was Recommended That The $25.5 Million Annual Total Of State Funds “Be Re-Invested Into New Educational Expenses Incurred.”

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