Middle Tennessee school districts are rolling out new cellphone policies to comply with a new state law. While the law gives latitude to local school boards, educators and policy experts insist that restricting cellphone use in schools improves social skills and keeps students safer in the event of an emergency. Last March, Tennessee lawmakers from […]
East Tennessee students defend high school foreign language requirement
High school students in Tennessee may eventually no longer need to take a foreign language class to graduate. But some insist that these lessons go beyond the classroom.
How one Tennessee nonprofit will use a federal grant to help families with disabilities
Parents of students with disabilities are wondering how the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education will impact their children.
Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime.
Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats.
A century later, Scopes trial still resonates amid classroom culture clashes in Tennessee
As the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial is commemorated, battles over public education continue in Tennessee and surrounding states amid a new wave of government scrutiny.
University of Tennessee among universities urged to cut ties with Chinese-backed scholarship program
Leaders of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said Wednesday they’d sent letters to Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Temple University, the University of Tennessee and three University of California locations raising concerns about the schools’ partnerships with the China Scholarship Council.
Rural students have limited resources and higher poverty. This group is working to even the playing field
One of five children in Tennessee live in poverty. The Rural Early Learning Impact Network supports students with resources that go a long way toward addressing systemic issues.
Tennessee schools may soon require less red tape to remove students with disabilities from classrooms
Advocates worry the removals may be overused and make behavioral assessments of these students less effective.
Some education grants in limbo were used for ‘leftwing agenda,’ Trump administration says
The Trump administration has accused states and schools of using federal education grants to help fund “a radical leftwing agenda.” The administration this week froze over $6 billion in federal education grants meant for immigrant and low-income students.
Vanderbilt poll: Americans value higher education but are losing faith in its institutions
Most Americans believe that a college education is vital for success, but confidence in higher education — especially private universities — is declining, according to the latest polling by Vanderbilt University.
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