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Education Trust in Tennessee

Who killed Tennessee’s universal school voucher bill?

Alexis Marshall

April 22, 2024

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Lee and pro-voucher lobbying groups campaigned hard to get a universal voucher bill through the legislature, but it didn’t work.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Bo Watson, Education Trust in Tennessee, Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds, school vouchers, Tennessee Education Association

Report: 39% of TN school districts receive less in per-student funding than students using proposed private school vouchers

Alexis Marshall

January 29, 2024

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Under the proposal, Tennessee would spend over $2,000 more on each voucher than the average student in Metro Nashville Public Schools and Williamson County Schools.

Filed Under: Education, Politics Tagged With: Bill Lee, Education, Education Trust in Tennessee, K-12, school vouchers, TISA

As a top Republican proposes rejecting $1.8B in federal funds, an education advocate asks how Tennessee will make up the difference

Alexis Marshall

February 14, 2023

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An education advocate questions whether passing up federal funding is a worthwhile fiscal move for Tennessee.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Education, Education Trust in Tennessee, General Assembly, Gini Pupo-Walker, House Speaker Cameron Sexton, K-12, legislature, state budget, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, U.S. Department of Education

Two Nashville High Schoolers Reflect On Teenage Life During The Pandemic

Damon Mitchell

March 12, 2021

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Nashville high schoolers have been at the center of the statewide conversation about educating kids during the pandemic. There voices, however, have been overshadowed by concerned parents, educators and lawmakers.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education Trust in Tennessee, Metro Schools

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