High school students in Tennessee may eventually no longer need to take a foreign language class to graduate. But some insist that these lessons go beyond the classroom.
How one Tennessee nonprofit will use a federal grant to help families with disabilities
Parents of students with disabilities are wondering how the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education will impact their children.
Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime.
Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats.
What to know about the release of federal documents related to MLK’s assassination
Federal records related to the investigation into the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have been released. Their release Monday follows the disclosure in March of tens of thousands of documents about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Alvarado echoes Trump in launching a congressional bid
Republican Ralph Alvarado has reentered Kentucky politics by announcing his bid for a congressional seat targeted by Democrats in 2026. Alvarado is a doctor who made history as Kentucky’s first Hispanic state lawmaker but then left to become Tennessee’s top public health leader.
A century later, Scopes trial still resonates amid classroom culture clashes in Tennessee
As the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial is commemorated, battles over public education continue in Tennessee and surrounding states amid a new wave of government scrutiny.
‘My skin is itching off of me’ — US Nitrogen downplays harm of chemical leaks, spills in Tennessee
A nitric acid plant in a rural corner of Greene County has leaked chemicals into the air and water several times in the last decade. Now US Nitrogen is under investigation by a federal watchdog.
University of Tennessee among universities urged to cut ties with Chinese-backed scholarship program
Leaders of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said Wednesday they’d sent letters to Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Temple University, the University of Tennessee and three University of California locations raising concerns about the schools’ partnerships with the China Scholarship Council.
Rural students have limited resources and higher poverty. This group is working to even the playing field
One of five children in Tennessee live in poverty. The Rural Early Learning Impact Network supports students with resources that go a long way toward addressing systemic issues.
Tennessee schools may soon require less red tape to remove students with disabilities from classrooms
Advocates worry the removals may be overused and make behavioral assessments of these students less effective.
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