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Tennessee
Schwinn retreats — for now — from changing how Tennessee judges its schools
By Marta W. Aldrich
September 23, 2019
Tennessee
Tennessee lawmakers tell education chief to slow down on school accountability changes
By Marta W. Aldrich
Updated September 13, 2019
Tennessee
A renewed debate in Tennessee: Should schools be judged by how much students know, or how much they grow?
By Marta W. Aldrich
September 10, 2019

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Tennessee
Tennessee will wait another year to grade its schools A-F
By Marta W. Aldrich
July 30, 2019
New York
These 277 schools are NYC’s highest achieving under ESSA’s new accountability measures
By Reema Amin
June 19, 2019
Indiana
Indiana foster children are less likely to graduate, more likely to be suspended, a new report shows
By Shaina Cavazos
April 4, 2019
New York City schools Chancellor Richard Carranza visited P.S. 1 in Manhattan's Chinatown to announce an expansion of bilingual language programs for the 2018-19 school year. New York
New York City mistakenly told parents at struggling schools they could transfer out
By Alex Zimmerman
March 22, 2019
Chicago
State sends $27.5 million to Chicago to boost school improvement plans
By Adeshina Emmanuel
March 1, 2019
New York
New York is about to release a new list of struggling schools. Here’s what you should know.
By Alex Zimmerman
January 16, 2019
Detroit
Could Michigan’s new A-F law cost the state federal funding?
By Lori Higgins
January 9, 2019
Tennessee
Memphis and Nashville put on notice about which schools could face state takeover in 2020
By Laura Faith Kebede
December 19, 2018
Tennessee
McQueen: More school takeovers ‘most likely’ coming to Memphis and Nashville
By Marta W. Aldrich
December 5, 2018
Tennessee
How is your school rated on academics and attendance? Use Tennessee’s new report card to find out
By Marta W. Aldrich, Caroline Bauman
December 4, 2018
Chicago
Illinois education officials laud their school ratings — but critics say they don’t go far enough
By Yana Kunichoff
November 16, 2018
Colorado
Report: Colorado takes a hands-off approach when schools don’t serve students well
By Erica Meltzer
November 15, 2018