Tennessee: We want to hear about your quarantine experiences this school year

Middletown High School students Pilar Brooks sitting outside on a swing wearing a mask.
Chalkbeat Tennessee wants to know about the quarantine experiences of families, teachers, and school staff from Memphis and across the state. (Allison Shelley for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action)

Since students across the state returned to classrooms nearly a month ago, Tennessee has drawn nationwide attention for skyrocketing COVID cases among children.

In turn, quarantines, too, have skyrocketed, impacting students, parents, and caretakers for weeks at a time. 

Chalkbeat Tennessee wants to know about the quarantine experiences of families, teachers, and school staff from Memphis and across the state. Tell us your story in the form below, or go here if you are on a mobile device.

The Latest

In response to the Trump administration’s funding freeze, Colorado officials said they are considering all options, ‘including legal avenues.’

Iowa is the first state to get new funding flexibility from the Education Department. More states could follow — with much bigger asks.

Five board members suing over potential term cuts filed for a temporary restraining order Tuesday. But the state attorney general said pausing candidate filing would cause “electoral chaos.”

Separate proposals would also restrict phones in schools and allow parents to set stronger filters on school-issued devices.

The new mayor says parent coordinators should be organizers rather than administrators. Take our survey and tell us what you think.

The district will open 2 schools as part of the new North Philadelphia Promise Zone, even as officials plan on closing underutilized public schools in the city.