Tennessee’s top education official is stepping down from her post. Penny Schwinn has served as education commissioner since 2019, implementing major logistical and academic changes.
School safety, third grade literacy and continued culture wars: Here’s what education bills passed in TN’s legislative session
Here are some of the biggest education developments from the 2023 legislative session.
No changes to retention law for this year’s third graders, despite months of pressure from parents and educators
This year’s third graders will likely face the consequences of a law that parents, teachers and school district officials have spent months fighting to change.
Students may be struggling with longterm mental health effects of the Covenant shooting. Here’s how parents can help.
Two weeks have passed since the shooting at the Covenant School that killed three students and three adults. An adolescent mental health worker advises monitoring students over the next few weeks when more long-lasting effects of the shooting will become apparent.
‘They’re letting us die’: Nashville high schoolers demand that lawmakers strengthen gun laws after the Covenant shooting
This Is Nashville made space for local high schoolers to share their reactions to the Covenant School shooting and what they want lawmakers to do about it.
Disability rights advocates call Tennessee’s idea to reject federal education dollars ‘hugely disruptive’
Advocates for disabled students are growing concerned, as a Tennessee proposal to consider rejecting roughly $1.8 billion dollars in federal education funds moves through the legislature.
Sexton’s proposed task force to consider rejecting nearly $2B in federal education funds would be ‘stacked’ with politicians
Within a couple of years, Tennessee could start turning down nearly $2 billion annually in federal education funding. Under a proposal sponsored by House Speaker Cameron Sexton, a politically appointed task force would study whether that’s an option.
A law that could hold back thousands of third graders in Tennessee is getting some revisions, but not as many as educators had hoped for
Some lawmakers, parents and educators had hoped for a host of changes to Tennessee’s third grade retention law before it takes effect this spring. But only a handful of changes are currently moving forward in the state legislature.
Gov. Lee’s bill to raise teacher pay includes a rule that chips away at labor organizing
Tennessee’s biggest professional teachers’ organization is less than thrilled with the governor’s proposal to increase pay for educators. Baked into the bill is a rule that would further chip away at their ability to organize.
These Nashville middle schoolers create, dance and perform to celebrate Black history, connecting in a deeper way
Students and families filed into the gymnasium at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Southeast Nashville. Kids buzzed with Friday afternoon excitement, as they filled in the bleachers and got ready for the Black History Month program to start.
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