Tennessee Conservative
When Lee Presented the Plan To Revamp The BEP, He Said A New Funding Formula Would Be A More “Student-based Funding Strategy Than A System-Based Funding Strategy.” That Terminology Created A Red Flag For Some Lawmakers.
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The Tennessee Department Of Education Announced On Tuesday, October 12, That The Formula Used To Distribute Funds Into Public Schools Will Be Decided By 18 Subcommittees.
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When Gov. Bill Lee Called For A Review of Tennessee’s Basic Education Program (BEP) Last Week, It Came After Years Of Complaints About The Public Education Funding Formula.
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Senator Marsha Blackburn Along With Senators Tommy Tuberville And Marco Rubio Sent A Letter To The National Education Association After It Was Reported That The Union Voted To Target And Research Opponents Of Critical Race Theory.
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1) Texas Sheriffs, Federal Police Foundation Sues Biden Administration Over Immigration Policy
2) Congressional Delegation Visits Texas Calling On State To Shut Border
3) National Education Association Debates Mandatory Vaccinations, Critical Race Theory
4) Republican Senators Seek Answers After Removal Of COVID Data Requested By China
5) Tennessee Ends Federal Unemployment Benefits On July 3
One Of The Nation’s Top Labor And Teacher’s Unions Is Debating Whether To Call For The Mandatory Vaccination Of All Children Before Returning To School. The Organization Already Has Agreed To Support And Lead Campaigns To Advance Critical Race Theory.
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A Controversy Involving Teachers Unions, The White House And Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Guidance On Reopening Schools Has Sparked An Inquiry From Congressional Republicans.
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Biden Has Committed To Reopening K-8 Schools Within The First 100 Days Of His Administration, A Goal Two Of The Country’s Most Powerful Teacher Unions Endorse.
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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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The Tennessee Senate Has Approved Nearly $43 Million For Teacher Pay, But The New Money Does Not Mean All Tennessee Teachers Will Get A Raise.
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