Listen There are still 150 people in the running for Nashville’s new 11-member police oversight board, which has to be formed by the end of the month. To deal with this volume of applicants, the Metro Council has worked out a plan to hear from all of them. Nominees — ranging from former police officers […]
Education Officials Remind Schools They Can’t Reveal Students’ Immigration Status
Listen State education officials are reminding school authorities they cannot require parents to release their children’s immigration status. The guidance comes as existing immigration enforcement law in Tennessee becomes more stringent this week.
What Can Nashville Learn From Police Oversight Boards In Knoxville And Memphis?
Listen Nashville is in the process of forming a police oversight board after a voter referendum approved the idea, but it’s still unclear how it will function or be received. A look at efforts in those other Tennessee cities — Memphis and Knoxville — point to what factors could make Nashville’s board more or less effective.
Nashville Charter School Chided Over College Acceptance Requirement
Listen Metro education officials are reminding one of the largest charter schools in Nashville it can’t make college acceptance a high school graduation requirement.
A Decade After Kingston Spill, TVA Is Still Figuring Out What To Do With Tennessee’s Coal Ash
Listen Exactly 10 years ago, one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history happened near Kingston, Tennessee. Over a billion tons of coal ash spilled from a pit at a Tennessee Valley Authority plant into the Emory and Clinch rivers and surrounding land on Dec. 22, 2008.
A Decade After Kingston Spill, TVA Is Still Figuring Out What To Do With Tennessee’s Coal Ash
Exactly 10 years ago, one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history happened near Kingston, Tennessee. Over a billion tons of coal ash…
Nashville Announces Scholarship To Make College Completely Free — Even Beyond Tuition
Listen Nashville is launching a new scholarship to make higher education completely free for many students. It’s one of the first local government efforts in the nation to target non-tuition expenses, and it will help students at two colleges in Nashville beginning fall 2019.
Nashville Pouring More Money And Resources Into Effort To Weatherize Homes
Listen A program that provides low-income homeowners in Davidson County with energy system upgrades is also going to offer career training in the energy sector to underemployed or unemployed individuals.
Black Teacher Turnover Rate Higher Than White Peers In TN
Listen An analysis of Tennessee’s teaching workforce shows schools in the state are struggling to recruit black teachers. And, even if these teachers do get into the pipeline, many quickly shift to another school.
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