Public Education
U.S. Department of Education declines to meet with Tennessee committee(The Center Square) – The third day of presentations for Tennessee’s committee to examine rejecting federal funding for its K-12 schools did not include a presentation from the U.S. Department… Read More
Government
Tennessee lawmaker preparing for statewide K-12 ESA bill(The Center Square) – The Tennessee Legislature will hear a proposal to create a statewide educational savings program in the upcoming session, Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, confirmed to The Center… Read More
Public Education
Tennessee committee on federal education funding begins Monday(The Center Square) – A Tennessee committee is scheduled to begin its review on the state’s use of federal funding for K-12 education at 2 p.m. on Monday with presentations… Read More
Government
898 Tennessee students retained due to third-grade reading law(The Center Square) – 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 Tennessee Comprehensive… Read More
Public Education
New analysis considers impact of Tennessee rejecting federal K-12 education funding(The Center Square) – No state has ever rejected federal funding for K-12 education, so when Tennessee looks at potentially doing that in a committee over the next few weeks… Read More