Nashville Mayor John Cooper says Tennessee lawmakers need to acknowledge the reality of the pandemic, rather than strip funding from districts that don’t return to in-person schooling.
Fearing A Post-Holiday Viral Surge, Some Middle Tennessee Districts Stay With Virtual Learning
As school resumes this week, more districts will be all-virtual learning again. That’s the case for Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties, and the Lebanon Special School district, as of Monday morning.
Bill Lee Calls Special Session On Education As Schools Suffer From The Pandemic
The state expects proficiency in math and English test scores to drop by more than half.
Governor’s Work-From-Home Guidance Won’t Apply To Tennessee’s Teachers
Tennessee’s Department of Education says it is not issuing new guidance to schools, despite Gov. Bill Lee’s newest pleas to mask up and let employees work from home. This comes as school districts are debating how they’ll return from winter break. Rutherford County administrators won’t decide until early January whether the district adopts a hybrid model. […]
How One Nashville High School Program Is Working To Draw More Women Into The Auto Repair Field
For five years, the Bridgestone-sponsored Maplewood High School Automotive Training Center has been preparing students — especially female students — for jobs in the automotive industry.
Tennessee Schools Hesitant To Take On COVID Testing Duties, Even With Rapid Tests Ready To Go
The federal government is shipping Tennessee 2 million rapid COVID tests in which the results can be known on-the-spot. The state is trying to get them into schools, but administrators are hesitant to take on yet another responsibility.
Metro Nashville Public Schools Pauses Return Of Middle School
Middle school students in Metro Nashville Public Schools will not begin returning to their classrooms as scheduled this week. The district announced it’s hitting pause on the return to in-person classes following an emergency meeting of the school board Friday afternoon.
Tennessee Won’t Judge Teachers Or Schools On This Year’s Test Scores
Gov. Bill Lee and Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn are calling for the tests to be administered as usual but that the results not be used to judge the education system.
Pandemic Impact: Dozens Of Middle Tennessee Teachers Have Resigned
Educators didn’t have much choice about whether to go back to in-person class when Middle Tennessee schools resumed this fall, leading dozens of them to decide to quit instead.
FEMA Rejects Tennessee’s Request To Fund Protective Gear And Sanitization For Schools
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is rejecting Tennessee’s request to fund protective equipment for schools. The policy decision means the state will have to use $186 million of other federal funding to cover the expense.
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