As Tennessee lawmakers continue the 114th General Assembly in Nashville this week, immigration and the governor’s school voucher program will still be priorities after dominating last year’s regular and special sessions.
Students on Tennessee vouchers are underperforming, state audit finds
A report shows students enrolled in Tennessee’s voucher program are underperforming compared to their peers in public schools, giving fuel to concerns among critics.
Tennessee students will soon get lessons on social media and internet safety
The new year brings changes to Tennessee schools’ curricula as lesson plans will soon cover social media and internet safety.
How much has Tennessee State University been underfunded? Here are 4 calculations
The exact amount of underfunding of HBCUs is vast, hard to calculate, and even harder to make a political case for.
How Harold Love secured the largest-ever funding boom for TSU — and what comes next
Some 50 years after efforts by his father, state Rep. Harold Love provided proof to lawmakers that the state underfunded TSU.
TSU touts financial progress as state audit points to past problems
While a recent state audit highlighted administrative issues under Tennessee State University’s former leadership, TSU’s new president stresses that the school is now on track to improve its financial future.
Long before fights over DEI, a judge told Tennessee State University to lose its Black identity
In the early 1980s, Tennessee State University was at a turning point.
Almost 60 years ago, a court case at TSU transformed Tennessee higher education
What happens when government funding is withheld from a public university that’s served generations of Black Tennesseans? And what could be possible if that debt were finally paid?
Campus firings over Charlie Kirk comments chill free speech in Appalachia
An atmosphere of fear and uncertainty has set in on campuses across Appalachia where at least a dozen faculty and staff at colleges and universities have lost their jobs after sharing negative opinions about the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
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