Image: Sen. Todd Gardenhire has filed a lawsuit to obtain access to writings by the Covenant School shooter. Image Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout – CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – More than a year after The Covenant School mass shooting, the House will take up a measure this week prohibiting third parties from […]
Image Credit: tn.gov & State Representative Todd Warner / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Some House Republicans have now joined in calling for the resignation of Tennessee’s Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds. State Representative Todd Warner (R-Chapel Hill-District 92) is speaking out after Reynolds recently admitted to falsifying documents in an attempt to obtain a […]
Image: Bill sponsor Sen. Paul Bailey answers questions about SB2923 in the Senate Education Committee. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Senate Education Committee passed a bill that would require Tennessee students in public schools and public charter schools to take an annual handgun safety course. Senator Paul Bailey (R-Sparta-District 15) presented […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Last week, the Tennessee Department of Education released accountability data for public school districts across the state. The accountability model used by the state looks at grade band success rates, rates of chronic absenteeism, how students perform on the English Language Proficiency Assessment, and graduation rates. Districts […]
Image Credit: Kenny Eliason | Unsplash The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee schools can buy emergency body cameras and call buttons for schoolteachers through school safety grants. Tennessee Sen Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, had sponsored a bill that would provide $300 to fund lanyards with an emergency button that will send an alert and […]
Image Credit: Canva By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Key House lawmakers say the state’s Achievement School District needs major changes amid the apparent dismissal of the state director charged with running the program after just five months. The Department of Education confirmed Bren Elliott, who took over the post Aug. 31, […]
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Image: Rep. Sam McKenzie, D-Knoxville, chair of the Tennessee Caucus of Black Legislators, and Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, chair of the House Democratic caucus, urge Gov. Bill Lee to replace the state education commissioner. Image Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – House Democrats are urging Education Commissioner Lizzette […]
Image: Tennessee Education Commissioner Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds Image Credit: TNDeptofEducation / YouTube The Tennessee Conservative [by Adelia Kirchner] – Tennessee’s new Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds is recommending that the state keep its contract with a New York-based literacy training group despite the contract’s nepotistic origins. Back in December of 2021, the state legislature’s Fiscal Review […]
Image Credit: RDNE Stock project / Pexels The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee students in a pilot educational savings account program in three counties are receiving $9,800 – the average statewide funding per public school student – this year. That’s higher than the $7,075 first-year number in a proposed statewide ESA program and […]
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