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Tennessee Education Association

Tennessee passes governor’s school vouchers plan. Here’s what the program will look like

Marianna Bacallao

January 30, 2025

Parents across Tennessee will soon be able to put taxpayer dollars toward the cost of attending private school.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Chris Hurt, disabilities, Education Freedom Act, Education Freedom Scholarships, Gloria Johnson, school vouchers, Tennessee Education Association, tnleg, tnpol, William Lamberth, Williamson County, Wilson County

NashVillager Podcast: Banned concepts in Tennessee classrooms

Nina Cardona

May 16, 2024

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Is the state heading toward the race and equity equivalent of the Scopes Monkey Trial? Plus your local newscast for May 16, 2024.

Filed Under: Education, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: court system, Tennessee Education Association

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

Tennessee’s new school voucher expansion is part of ‘conservative education revolution’

Alexis Marshall

November 28, 2023

Gov. Bill Lee announced his support Tuesday for expanding a controversial school voucher program to all income levels and areas of Tennessee. The program would give participating families a little over $7,000 to attend private school or homeschool.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Cheatham County, Education, education savings account, Gov. Bill Lee, K-12, Metro Nashville Public Schools, school choice, school vouchers, Tennessee Education Association

Tennessee educators sue the state over law banning certain teachings on race, gender and privilege

Alexis Marshall

July 26, 2023

A group representing teachers from across Tennessee has filed a lawsuit against state officials over a ban on certain “prohibited concepts” in the classroom, saying the policy interferes with teachers’ ability to do their jobs and “deprives students of a quality education.” 

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: critical race theory, Education Commissioner Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds, K-12, Tennessee Board of Education, tennessee department of education, Tennessee Education Association

Gov. Lee’s bill to raise teacher pay includes a rule that chips away at labor organizing

Alexis Marshall

March 8, 2023

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.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Education, General Assembly, K-12, legislature, TEA, teacher pay, Tennessee Education Association, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol

Governor’s partnership with conservative Hillsdale College draws side-eye from public education advocates

Blaise Gainey

February 9, 2022

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Public education advocates in Tennessee believe using taxpayer dollars to fund charter school expansion is a bad idea. But that’s exactly what Governor Bill Lee proposed budget would do.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, charter schools, Education, Tennessee Education Association

Bill Lee Selects Texas Reform Advocate Penny Schwinn For State’s Next Education Commissioner

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

January 17, 2019

Listen A top official in Texas has been tapped to lead Tennessee’s Department of Education. Gov.-elect Bill Lee announced today that Penny Schwinn, the chief deputy commissioner of academics for the Texas Education Agency, will be the state’s next education commissioner.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Penny Schwinn, Tennessee Education Association

Will Governor Haslam Make Good On A Promise To Boost Teacher Pay In Tennessee?

Blake Farmer

January 6, 2015

Tennessee teachers are starting 2015 curious to know if it will be a second year without a pay raise. So far, state officials haven’t made any more promises.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Haslam, Candice McQueen, Kevin Huffman, Tennessee Education Association

Ed Talk: Teacher’s Union Chief Makes Her Case Against Tennessee’s Reform Mindset

Blake Farmer

May 29, 2014

Tennessee’s largest union of teachers has soured on many of the reforms it signed on to support just four years ago under the Race to the Top. The primary complaints from Tennessee Education Association president Gera Summerford revolve around standardized testing – how much, how important and how reliable it is.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Gera Summerford, Tennessee Education Association

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