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Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday proposed new summer school and tutoring programs to catch students up from learning disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. He promised a pay hike for teachers, but did not specify an amount. → Read More
A Memphis-area lawmaker who is an attorney for a pro-voucher group was named Wednesday to lead the legislature’s powerful Senate committee over education policy. → Read More
Gov. Bill Lee is expected to unveil proposals this week to create or expand summer school options and after-school tutoring programs as Tennessee seeks to catch up students from learning disruptions caused by the pandemic. → Read More
The new job that’s considered key to advancing Tennessee’s school turnaround work won’t be filled any time soon after state officials abruptly halted the search for a superintendent to shepherd the state’s lowest-performing schools. → Read More
Tennessee teachers, school staff, and child care workers must wait for COVID vaccinations until after people 70 and older receive their shots, state officials said Friday. The updated direction pauses the inoculations of school staff, which already had begun in some rural counties. → Read More
Tennessee’s largest teacher organization estimates more than 16,000 public school educators working in school buildings have contracted the coronavirus and up to eight have died since July. On Wednesday, the group leveled harsh criticism at the state for its handling of the pandemic. → Read More
Gov. Bill Lee’s administration plans to invest $100 million of one-time federal funds in phonics-based reading programs in a sweeping attack on low student literacy rates that have bedeviled the state for decades. → Read More
Tennessee has moved teachers and child care staff toward the front of the line to receive a coronavirus vaccine in hopes of getting and keeping students in classrooms during the pandemic. → Read More
Gov. Bill Lee called Tuesday for a special legislative session next month to focus on escalating challenges with Tennessee education during the pandemic. → Read More
The legislature’s top education leader has asked Gov. Bill Lee to move Tennessee teachers toward the front of the line to receive a coronavirus vaccine in hopes of getting and keeping students in classrooms during the pandemic. → Read More
While all 50 states require some form of instruction about civics and government, the nation’s public schools generally make little time for students to discuss issues at the heart of American... → Read More
A bill by Rep. Scott Cepicky would stabilize state education funding next year at this year’s levels, even though a decline in student enrollment this fall would normally decrease the allocation by at least $320 million. → Read More
Gov. Bill Lee is reportedly mulling whether to call a special legislative session on education as he looks to tackle a growing list of challenges facing Tennessee students whose learning has been disrupted by the pandemic for a second straight school year. Meanwhile, House Speaker Cameron Sexton wants to incentivize school leaders in Memphis to reopen classrooms. → Read More
After nearly a decade of lackluster results from its highest-profile school improvement initiative, Tennessee has unveiled its proposal for releasing 27 schools from the failed Achievement School District. → Read More
Teachers and school staff would join workers in critical infrastructure sectors and people older than 65 on the priority list to receive COVID-19 vaccines next year, based on Tennessee’s latest distribution plan released Wednesday. → Read More
Gov. Bill Lee on Monday named John DeBerry, a passionate school voucher advocate who recently was ousted from the Tennessee legislature and the Democratic Party, to his cabinet. → Read More
State officials asked the Tennessee Supreme Court Tuesday to restore a school voucher law overturned this spring by a lower court. → Read More
Tennessee’s average ACT score declined slightly for a second straight year, while the number of students taking the college entrance exam also dropped, according to results released Friday. → Read More
Gov. Bill Lee wants Tennessee to maintain funding for public schools in its next budget, even as a statewide decline in enrollment would normally result in a decrease of about $320 million. → Read More
The vast majority of Tennessee’s 147 school systems saw unusually large declines during the first 20 days of the academic year, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of statewide enrollment data. → Read More