Now that the Affordable Care Act has been upheld, Tennessee is rushing to create an insurance exchange. It would be a way for those without coverage through their job to get reasonably priced insurance. On Tuesday, state officials started taking input on what those plans should include, like treatment for Multiple Sclerosis and drug addiction.
State Begins Process of Shaping Health Care Exchange Plans
Metro ‘Bridge School’ to Help Teens Over Age and Under Qualified
Metro Schools is looking to help teenage students salvage a degree, when they don’t have the grades to move on to high school, but are too old to hold back. A “bridge school” is opening in part of Nashville’s Cohn Building next month.
Country Music Trailblazer Kitty Wells Dies at 92
Country Music has lost its Queen. Kitty Wells has died. The 92-year-old died at her home Monday morning after suffering a stroke.
State Proposes Tweaks to Teacher Evaluation System
Tennessee’s Department of Education is recommending changes to the state’s system for evaluating teachers. Such job reviews affect whether teachers get or keep tenure, and many have complained the new system is unfair.
Medicaid Expansion: “Bait and Switch” or Good Deal for Tennessee
Last month’s Supreme Court decision may have freed Tennessee from having to expand its Medicaid program. But Nashville’s Congressman says the state needs to think twice before opting out.
State Board Will Soon Hear Great Hearts Charter Appeal
On Tuesday an Arizona-based charter school operator will try to convince the state to let it expand into Nashville, after it was rejected by the Metro school board. Great Hearts Academies will appeal to the Tennessee State Board of Education.
Country Music Trailblazer Kitty Wells Dies at 92
Country Music has lost its Queen. Kitty Wells has died. The 92-year-old died at her home Monday morning after suffering a stroke.
State Proposes Tweaks to Teacher Evaluation System
Tennessee’s Department of Education is recommending changes to the state’s system for evaluating teachers. Such job reviews affect whether teachers get or keep tenure, and many have complained the new system is unfair.
Medicaid Expansion: “Bait and Switch” or Good Deal for Tennessee
Last month’s Supreme Court decision may have freed Tennessee from having to expand its Medicaid program. But Nashville’s Congressman says the state needs to think twice before opting out.
State Board Will Soon Hear Great Hearts Charter Appeal
On Tuesday an Arizona-based charter school operator will try to convince the state to let it expand into Nashville, after it was rejected by the Metro school board. Great Hearts Academies will appeal to the Tennessee State Board of Education.
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