Tennessee Conservative
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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This Month The State Of Tennessee Acquired A New Employee To Work In A Role That Is Titled “The Superintendent Of Turnaround”. But What Exactly Does A Superintendent Of Turnaround Do? In This Case, They Oversee Operating The Achievement School District In Tennessee.
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The Leadership Transition At The Tennessee Department Of Education Accelerated This Week With The Resignations Of Two High-Level Officials, Including A Veteran Manager Responsible For Many Of The State’s Biggest Education Programs And Initiatives.
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Amid Uproar Over Third-Grade Reading Scores And The Prospect Of Thousands Of Failing Students, Tennessee Lawmakers Extended The Testing Vendor’s Contract And Bumped Up The Total Payout By Nearly $40 Million.
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After Spending The School Year Preparing Their Third-Grade Students For High-Stakes State Testing, School Districts Received Raw Scores For The TCAP Reading Test Late Friday Afternoon. Those Scores Show That 60% Of Third-Graders Across The State Failed To Meet Proficiency Levels Required To Be Promoted To The Fourth Grade.
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A Member Of The Tennessee Textbook And Instructional Materials Quality Commission, Laurie Cardoza Moore, Is This Week Issuing An Open Letter To Tennessee State’s Governor, Bill Lee, Protesting The Appointment Of The Newly Announced Commissioner Of Education.
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Let’s Just Say I Asked My Chosen Question About Penny Schwinn, And The Roof Promptly Blew Off The Governor’s Office, Or Perhaps The Governor Himself. I Can Honestly Say That I Was Very Respectful And Polite When I Asked The Question. I Was Genuinely Surprised That A Politician, Traditionally Known For Shaking Hands And Kissing Babies, And The Leader Of Our State Couldn’t Smile Politely And Just Make Nice, Even If He Didn’t Like My Question. How Could I Be A Threat To Him? What Did It Gain Him To Yell At Me? Would It Not Have Been Far More Politically Skillful To Smile Disingenuously, Butter Me Up, Thank Me For My Efforts And Then Send Me On My Way, Even If He Despised Me Through It All? At The Best, He Would Fool Me Into Thinking He Was My Ally (And That Probably Would Have Worked, Because I Can Be Gullible). At The Least, I Wouldn’t Be Writing Any Of This.
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1) Schwinn To Step Down From Tennessee Education Commissioner Role, Replacement Cut From Very Similar Cloth
1A) Research Indicates New Tennessee Education Commissioner Is Product Of Woke Organizations, Soros/Gates Funding Initiatives
2) U.S. Government Suing Tennessee To Stop New Law That Protects Children From Life Altering Medical Consequences
3) Thousands Of Taxpayer Dollars Spent To “Fix” Legislator’s Alleged Sexual Harassment Violation
4) Metro Police Department Postpones Release of Covenant School Shooter’s “Manifesto”
5) Gov. Lee Signs Bill Into Law That Could Criminalize Parents Based On Anonymous Allegations Of Abuse Or Neglect
6) ETSU Doubles Down On Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Efforts After Acknowledging Lack Of Positive Outcomes
7) Law Eliminating Education Exception For Obscene Books In K-12 Schools Signed By Governor
Research Reveals That The New Tennessee Education Commissioner Appointee Has Ties To The Bush And Haslam Families, And Additional Ties To Organizations That Are Funded By George Soros, Bill And Melinda Gates, Mark Zuckerburg And Jeff Bezos.
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News Of Schwinn’s Resignation Is Welcome To Many On Both Sides Of The Aisle, Who For Their Own Very Different Reasons Were Not Satisfied With Schwinn’s Performance As Education Commissioner For Tennessee. However, The New Appointee Is Cut From Nearly Identical Cloth Based On Her Past Work Experience.
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