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Critics say Lee’s education platform promotes segregation and inequality.
As pandemic-era waivers ended, many students lost access to free school meals. But a new state law aims to supplement federal meal assistance.
Schools are too often punishing and excluding special education students with behavioral issues, Tennessee Disability Coalition says
The state school board association would help districts obtain electric school buses under a proposed bill that recently advanced out of committee.
46% proficiency rate is the highest since the state raised its academic standards in 2010.
Poll results depend on how the questions are framed and who asks
Former librarian will lead panel that could decide which titles students statewide can access.
The revised policy also requires more tutoring for struggling readers who advance to fifth grade.
The lawsuit asserts that the law is ‘unconstitutionally vague.’
‘This was a session of good, bad, and ugly,’ said one Democratic lawmaker.
“Districts have the option to choose,” Lee said.
Lawmakers send bill to the governor, who signaled that he'll sign it
Senate and House still at odds over how to revise a 2021 reading and retention law
The vote comes one year after a mass school shooting in Nashville that prompted calls for gun restrictions
Lee plans to push for policy again next year.
With time running out, GOP leaders insist voucher bill is still in play
Student testing is a sticking point as legislative leaders seek a compromise.
Charter networks, both inside and outside the state, are tracking the legislation.
‘People were damn mad,’ said one spectator who was asked to leave the chamber.
The information shared by officials provided more details about the district's switch to a new position-based budget formula next school year.