Tennessee Conservative
A Policy Paper States That No Connection Has Been Shown Between Increased Public-School Spending And School Performance. The Paper Also States That Expanding Parents’ Access To Public Charter Schools And Private School ESAs Could Provide An Incentive For Public Schools To Use K-12 Education Dollars Wisely.
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The Ink Is Barely Dry On Revisions To The State’s 3rd-Grade Reading And “Retention” Law, And A Tennessee House Education Chairman Is Considering A Similar Strategy For Fourth-Graders, Including A Plan To Advance If They Continue To Test Poorly.
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Tennessee’s Graduation Rate Passed 90% And Reached Its Highest Level Since 2012, According To The Tennessee Department Of Education Figures.
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Gov. Bill Lee Is Set To Announce His Support For A Statewide Education Savings Account Program Next Year, Expanding From Three Large Counties To Every School District In Tennessee, According To Two Lawmakers.
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The Tennessee Department Of Education Wants A $260 Million Increase In Its Base Education Funding And An Overall $293.6 Million Budget Increase For Next Fiscal Year.
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Report Cards Are Being Released In November. But, It’s Not The Students That Will Be Receiving A’s, B’s, C’s, D’s, And F’s. It’s The Schools Themselves.
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Tennessee Ultimately Retained 898 Statewide Due To Its New Third-Grade Reading Retention Law. Less Than 40% Of Third-Graders Statewide Scored High Enough On The TCAPs To Be Promoted To Fourth Grade While Many Of The Others Used The Various Pathways To Advance Allowed By The State.
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As Members Of A Committee Sit Down To Analyze The Impact Of Federal Funding On Tennessee’s K-12 Schools, They Will Be Diving In Depth Into Numbers That Include More Than Just Funding Totals.
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Blount County Board Of Education Member Vandy Kemp Professes That Teachers Should Be Activists And Should Learn Euphemisms To Avoid BeIng Held Responsible For Breaking Tennessee Law.
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With Additional Covid-19 Federal K-12 School Funding Winding Down, Tennessee Continues Its Look At What School Funding Would Look Like Without Federal Dollars, Which Amounted To $10.4 Billion Coming To The State’s Schools Between 2019 And 2023.
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