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.
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The current chancellor, a former chancellor, and others with deep ties to New York could be in the running.
Polis appears to be the second Democratic governor to opt into a tax-credit program that is expected to expand private school choice. An education coalition wants him to reconsider.
The U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee launched the investigation into the school district last month.
Educator advocates say unpaid student teacher requirements can be a barrier for aspiring teachers. The Tennessee House speaker wants to start providing state-funded stipends for those internships.
The districts’ lawsuit against the state will continue.
The school board voted to ratify the contract at its Thursday board meeting nearly four months after the union’s previous contract expired.
