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Tennessee’s embattled school voucher program gets the go-ahead from a panel of judges

Damon MitchellandCaroline Eggers

August 7, 2022

A three-judge panel has given the green light to Tennessee’s controversial Education Savings Account program. The decision came down after a lengthy court hearing Friday.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: education savings account, school vouchers, tennessee department of education

After a close gubernatorial primary, Democrats say they’ll team up against Republican Gov. Bill Lee

Blaise Gainey

August 7, 2022

Jason Martin Tennessee candidate

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jason Martin says that now that he’s won the primary, he’ll work with his former opponents to try to remove Republican Gov. Bill Lee from office. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Elections 2022, gubernatorial race, Jason Martin, tnpol

How MNPS is addressing teacher concerns this year

Rose Gilbert

August 5, 2022

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As Metro Nashville Public Schools prepares to start Monday, we sat down with Dr. Mason Bellamy, chief of academics and schools, and Michele Sheriff, president of the Metro Nashville Educators Association, on Friday’s episode of This Is Nashville.

Filed Under: WPLN News

Riding Shotgun: Shopping for school supplies, science teacher style

Khalil Ekulona

August 5, 2022

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Every other Friday for This Is Nashville, I hop out of my host chair and into the passenger seat to ride shotgun with one of our fellow Middle Tennesseans. The school year is about to begin for Metro Nashville Public Schools (and has already begun for other districts). That means it’s time for some school supplies! […]

Filed Under: Features, WPLN News

Internal investigation shows editing of MNPD body camera footage was more widespread than claimed

Paige Pfleger

August 5, 2022

Nashville police body cameras
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A Metro Nashville Police Department internal investigation, obtained by WPLN News this week, revealed that more than one employee was altering body camera footage without permission.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: body cameras, community oversight board, MNPD

Back to school with Nashville’s teachers

Rose Gilbert

August 5, 2022

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It’s back-to-school season! Big box stores have put out special school supplies displays, and the airwaves are full of commercials for backpacks, clothes and markers. It’s a pretty familiar phenomenon, but it’s also impossible to deny that a lot has changed about education over the past few years, from the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic […]

Filed Under: Education

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