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LEAD Public Schools proposes creating K-12 school pipelines with two new elementary schools
LEAD Public Schools has been providing families in Nashville with a school choice option since founder Jeremy Kane started LEAD Academy in 2007 for fifth and sixth-graders. Today LEAD has grown to run six public charter schools in Nashville, including.
Rutherford County School Board votes down proposed fourth public charter school while leaving the door open for approval later
Members of the Rutherford County School Board unanimously rejected what could be the district’s fourth public charter school Thursday but not without offering a gleam of hope for its supporters. The board provided more than a dozen stipulations for leaders.
Independent review finds proposed Memphis Grizzlies affiliated public charter school a slam dunk
For more than a decade the Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School has provided middle-school aged boys with a science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) focused education in Memphis and last year school leaders proposed creating a similar school for.
Governor pulls plug on Education Freedom Scholarships and vows to revisit the plan next year
Governor Bill Lee conceded that there’s no pathway for his signature education bill to pass this session and vowed to bring back the Education Freedom Scholarship plan next year. On social media Monday morning the Governor expressed his gratitude to.
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Public schools are scarce in the Memphis Sycamore View community. Journey Community Schools hopes its next school can change that.
An independent charter review recommended the Memphis-Shelby County Schools school board approve the application for Blueprint College and Career Prep, which aims to close the gap for students in Oakhaven and Parkway Village.
New from @SkyBArnold: Representative Bo Mitchell suggests @MetroSchools should bulldoze buildings before allowing organizations that serve high numbers of economically disadvantaged and of students of color to use them.