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curriculum

Critical race theory was one of the hottest topics in Tennessee’s legislative session, but only one complaint made it to the state’s education chief

By Damon Mitchell

August 10, 2022

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Tennessee lawmakers have been smack dab in the middle of the national hoopla about bans limiting what can be discussed about race and gender in public schools. But during the most recent school years, only one complaint was filed, and it was denied.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 112th Tennessee General Assembly, Blount County Schools, book bans, critical race theory, curriculum, Education, tennessee department of education

A Tennessee school board removes a book about the Holocaust, escalating tensions over what kids learn about history and oppression

By Alexis Marshall

January 27, 2022

The McMinn County School Board has voted to remove a graphic novel about the Holocaust from its eighth grade curriculum. It’s stoking tensions in the debate about what schoolchildren should learn about history and oppression.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 112th Tennessee General Assembly, critical race theory, curriculum, Education

Legislature Wastes No Time Picking Curriculum Fight With TN Governor

By Blake Farmer

January 21, 2014

Tennessee education officials have been unable to scuttle a push for more teaching about the Constitution in public schools. It’s the first of what is expected to be a series of legislative fights over curriculum this year.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Haslam, curriculum, Timothy Hill

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