Governor Signs Tennessee Law Letting Parents, Educators Make Final 4th-Grade Retention Decisions

Gov. Bill Lee Signed Legislation Tuesday To Let Each Fourth Grader’s Parents, Teacher, And Principal Decide Collectively Whether A Student Should Be Held Back Due To A Second Straight Year Of Low Reading Scores, Even After A Year Of Tutoring.

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Constitutional Conservatives Slapped With Unwarranted Accusations / Child Rapist Death Penalty Bill On The Move & Much More In The BIG 7!

• Constitutional Conservatives Have Been Slapped With Unwarranted Accusations
• After School Satan Club Protest In Response To Groups 1st Ever TN Meeting
• The Child Rapist Death Penalty Bill Is Moving Forward!

& Much, Much More In This Week’s Episode Of The Big 7!

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New Tennessee Education Commissioner Recommends Extension Of Literacy Training Contract Born Out Of Nepotism

Tennessee’s New Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds Is Recommending That The State Keep Its Contract With A New York-Based Literacy Training Group Despite The Contract’s Nepotistic Origins.

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Senator Watson Talks Third Grade Literacy, Criminal Justice Reform, And Tennessee’s Tax Situation With Hamilton County Pachyderm Club

State Senator Bo Watson Met With The Hamilton County Pachyderm Club On Monday, Where He Encouraged Continued Literacy Improvement In Schools, Advocated For Criminal Justice Reform, And Discussed The Future Of Tennessee.

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Tennessee Students Learned More In Math & Reading At Charter Schools, Report Says

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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Tennessee Releases School District Specific Data On Third-Grade Proficiency

Just Days After Notifying School Districts Of Their Third Graders’ Results On The TCAP Reading Test, The Tennessee Department Of Education Has Released A Complete List Of School District Results From Across The State To The Public.

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Bill Giving More Exceptions To Tennessee Third-Grade Retention Law Advances

A Tennessee Senate Committee Passed A Change To The State’s Third-Grade Retention Law And It Now Heads To The Full Senate.

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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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