Tennessee school children may soon be required to learn cursive, which has never been mandated. A family from Columbia is responsible for making handwriting a legislative issue.
Lipscomb Academy Chief Advocates For Common Core, But Not At Her School
One of Tennessee’s biggest cheerleaders for Common Core has not pushed to adopt the education standards in the private school she now leads.
Left-Leaning Education Advocates Join Common Core Resistance In Tennessee
Pushback to Common Core State Standards has been led primarily by conservatives until now.
In New Ad, Pro Common Core Group Touts TN Education Progress
A Tennessee businesses group supporting Common Core education standards is taking to the airwaves. A new radio ad features a conversation between two actors, portraying a teacher and a parent.
TN Lawmakers Comb Textbooks For ‘Indoctrination’
Tennessee lawmakers are spending the next two days making sure classroom textbooks are “tools of education, not indoctrination.” Those are the words of Senate Education Committee chair Dolores Gresham, who will lead the hearings.
Hearings Debunked Common Core Myths, But Lt. Gov. Still Sees ‘Complicated’ Debate
Common Core will be the most “complicated” and “important” debate in the upcoming session of the Tennessee legislature. That’s according to Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, who predicts the General Assembly will want to make some tweaks.
Common Core’s Loudest Opponents Come From Outside Of Tennessee
For and against, for and against. Tennessee lawmakers swayed between supporters of Common Core and opponents in a day-long hearing Friday. Many of those testifying have been debating the education standards in other states.
TN Ed Chief Promises To ‘Zealously’ Protect Common Core Test Data
Common Core detractors have raised concerns about data mining through new tests associated with the standards. Tennessee’s Department of Education is responding by promising to retain control of student information.
TN Common Core Hearing Starts With A Yawn: Reading The Standards
A much-anticipated legislative hearing over Tennessee’s use of Common Core began with an afternoon-long recitation of the Common Core math and reading standards.
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