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Alexis Marshall

Tennessee Promise extends FAFSA deadline to May 31

By Alexis Marshall

May 13, 2024

Students who want to participate in Tennessee Promise need to submit their FAFSA by Wednesday, May 15.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: college, community college, Higher Education, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Tennessee Promise

NashVillager Podcast: Competing strategies for improving education in Tennessee

By Alexis Marshall

May 7, 2024

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How would Mayor O’Connell’s transit proposal affect bike infrastructure in Nashville? Plus your local newscast for May 6, 2024.

Filed Under: Education, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, charter schools, philanthropy, school vouchers, Standardized testing

NashVillager Podcast: Biking in Nashville

By Alexis Marshall

May 6, 2024

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How would Mayor O’Connell’s transit proposal affect bike infrastructure in Nashville? Plus your local newscast for May 6, 2024.

Filed Under: Metro, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, Freddie O'Connell, mass transit, transit

Metro Schools will tap into reserves to sustain pandemic-era programs while many districts face funding cliff

By Alexis Marshall

May 3, 2024

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The district wants to continue providing things like a nurse in every school, high impact tutoring and summer learning camps.

Filed Under: Education, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: budget, federal funding, Freddie O'Connell, K-12, Metro Nashville Public Schools, public schools

TN House and Senate pass controversial bill that will allow teachers to carry firearms in schools

By Blaise GaineyandAlexis Marshall

April 23, 2024

The move goes against what many have been protesting after the Covenant School shooting that left six victims dead, three of whom are students.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, arming teachers, firearms, guns, guns in schools, tnleg, tnpol

Who killed Tennessee’s universal school voucher bill?

By Alexis Marshall

April 22, 2024

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Lee and pro-voucher lobbying groups campaigned hard to get a universal voucher bill through the legislature, but it didn’t work.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Bo Watson, Education Trust in Tennessee, Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds, school vouchers, Tennessee Education Association

Tennessee school voucher bill is ‘not dead yet,’ but the odds dwindle as the end of session looms

By Alexis Marshall

April 17, 2024

House Majority Leader William Lamberth said the bill is “not dead yet.” On Tuesday legislators said negotiations were ongoing.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Bo Watson, Cameron Sexton, school vouchers, William Lamberth

Tennessee’s universal school voucher bill stalls as chambers negotiate vastly different proposals

By Alexis Marshall

April 11, 2024

Time is of the essence for lawmakers championing universal private school vouchers. Committees in both the state House and Senate this week put off considering proposals that would bring vouchers to families across Tennessee.

Filed Under: Education, Politics Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, school vouchers, TCAP

Listen: Nashville high schoolers make space for observing Ramadan, educating peers and connecting more deeply with their faith

By Alexis Marshall

April 9, 2024

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The Muslim holy month of Ramadan ends this week. This year, students at Overton High school in South Nashville worked with administration to provide more intentional spaces for students to fast and pray.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Islam, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Muslim, nonnarrated storytelling, Ramadan, religion

‘Legislation, litigation and agitation’: Civil rights leaders call for action following ‘attack’ on TSU

By Alexis Marshall

April 3, 2024

Supporters of Tennessee State University are focusing on how to move forward, and recoup more than $2 billion in historic underfunding.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, HBCU, Higher Education, Tennessee State University

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