The recent ICE raids in Nashville have left many families afraid to leave the house for even basic necessities, like taking their kids to school.
Camellia Burris
Camellia Burris is an attorney and journalist from Nashville. She is a graduate of Spelman College, Tulane University School of Law, and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she studied at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. She began her journalism career covering housing policies for the San Francisco Public Press before joining the Miami Herald as an investigative reporting fellow. She joined WPLN News in February 2025.
How dismantling the U.S. Department of Education will impact Tennessee’s most vulnerable students
As efforts to shutter the U.S. Department of Education ramp up, advocates have grown concerned about how cases of discrimination in schools will be handled.
Students across Tennessee can now apply for the expanded school voucher program
Families across Tennessee can now use public money for private school education. Applications for the state’s school voucher program open today.
How Tennessee is working to put more mental health professionals in rural schools
Project RAISE aims to bring more school mental health professionals to Tennessee’s rural students.
Students write letter to city leaders expressing fear amid recent ICE raids
A group of students wrote an open letter to city leaders expressing fear in the wake of recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in South Nashville.
Education tops city spending proposal as mayor’s budget goes to Metro Council review
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell said that education is the city’s biggest investment during his State of Metro address last week.
Here’s how two Nashville teachers are supporting immigrant students amid worries about growing absenteeism
Amid the Trump administration’s crackdown, two Nashville teachers say they have seen a rise in absences among their immigrant students and are working to support them.
Students ask University of Tennessee, Knoxville to denounce political interference in higher education
A University of Tennessee student is asking her school to sign a national letter denouncing political interference in higher education.
Tennessee foreign exchange programs worry about impact of student visa revocations
Foreign exchange programs in Tennessee are worried that Trump Administration policies could have a chilling effect on students looking to travel to the U.S.
ACLU asks court to block Rutherford County’s school board from banning more books
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three anonymous families and an organization supporting the free expression of writers, called PEN America. Thirty-two members of PEN America have had a total of 53 books banned or restricted by the Rutherford County school board.
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