Nashville Mayor John Cooper is proposing an additional $100 million dollars for Metro Schools next year. A group that represents Nashville teachers said they’re glad for the investment, but that some education workers still need better pay.
Tennessee’s education commissioner is stepping down, to be replaced by ‘school choice’ advocate
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.
How teachers associations are responding to ‘poison pill’ measure in the governor’s pay raise bill
A bill that raises minimum teacher pay also limits how professional associations can collect dues.
Rutherford County School Board green lights a Hillsdale-affiliated charter school despite concerns from its own review committee
A year after rejecting the charter application, a school board reshaped by the November elections voted to approve the school without hearing from critics.
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.
Nashville students prepare for a long fight to end gun violence, drawing inspiration from the Civil Rights Movement
Students protesting gun violence after the Covenant School shooting are shifting gears. The demonstrations over the last couple of weeks have largely been in reaction to the attack. But some students are now preparing for the longterm fight for gun reform — and thinking bigger.
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.
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