Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Tennessee Senate has passed legislation that will expand current handgun policies for private schools in the state. Currently, state law allows private schools serving students in grades K through 12 to adopt their own policies regarding handguns on school property. The new legislation will expand that […]
Press Release – La Vergne, TENN. — American Classical Academy Rutherford is pleased to announce our school location in Rutherford County. “This is a very exciting step toward the opening of American Classical Academy Rutherford in the fall of 2024,” said Phillip Schwenk, head of school for American Classical Academy Rutherford. “Of all the locations we […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Senate Education Committee passed a bill that will allow private schools serving Pre-K through 12th grade students to establish handgun carry policies for their property. Senate Bill 1708 (SB1708), sponsored by Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald-District 28), made a motion to pass the bill which aims to […]
Image Credit: Canva submitted by Shaka Mitchell [Senior Fellow at The American Federation for Children / Tennessee Federation for Children] – Two streams of educational choice are converging: the growing number of homeschool students and the expansion of educational choice programs like Gov. Lee’s proposed Education Freedom Scholarship Accounts (EFSA). By now, it is old […]
Image Credit: Google Earth The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A Rutherford County school board candidate was suspended from his teaching job amid allegations of inappropriate conduct. John Duncan was teaching personal finance and history at Daniel-McKee Alternative School in Rutherford County. He has been suspended without pay since March 6, pending the outcome of the […]
Image: Rep. Mark White speaks about the ‘Education Freedom Scholarship Act’ in the House Government Operation Committee. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – The House version of this year’s school choice legislation, also called “The House Public School Omnibus Bill,” was passed out of the House Government Operations Committee on Monday […]
Image Credit: Canva By David Seal [Special to The Tennessee Conservative] – Marion Knight is a resident of Jefferson County and a distinguished retired schoolteacher. She offered to help Jefferson County Schools two years ago by volunteering to ride on a few bus routes as a citizen monitor. After getting the bureaucratic run-arounds about her […]
As with many other parts of the country, several counties in Maryland have recently seen parents pushing back against inappropriate sexual content in school libraries and getting some books removed from the shelves. The books primarily deal with either transgender ideology or more adult sexual content of any nature. But the Democrats in the state […]
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: Staff Sgt. Sean Campbell / U.S. Air National Guard photo The Center Square [By Casey Harper] – President Joe Biden’s budget proposal seeks to set aside billions of dollars to push progressive gender, sexuality and race ideology at home and around the globe. Released this week, the $7.3 trillion budget also proposes spending […]
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