First Lady Jill Biden visiting Knoxville school Monday
First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will be stopping in Knoxville for the first day.
Actress Reese Witherspoon Helps Bring Mentorship Program to Nashville Schools
Step Up, a mentorship nonprofit founded in 1998, announced they are expanding their operations to Nashville after Music City native,.
- by Vanessa Helgeland
- September 2, 2022
State Commission sides with charter schools most of the time but isn’t a rubber stamp
This fall a little-known state board could play a huge role in expanding school choice options for parents across the.
- by Sky Arnold
- September 1, 2022
Contest encourages students to spend 273 thousand minutes reading
Each summer students from across Tennessee take part in a competition that takes place in chairs, bedrooms, libraries, and even.
- by Sky Arnold
- September 1, 2022
MSCS board picks finance chief Toni Williams as interim superintendent after Joris Ray resignation
The chief financial officer of Memphis-Shelby County Schools will serve as interim superintendent during the search to replace Joris Ray,.
- by Chalkbeat Staff, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- August 30, 2022
Memphis educator named Tennessee’s 2022-23 Teacher of the Year
Fresh from being named Tennessee’s Teacher of the Year for 2022-23, Memphis second-grade educator Melissa Collins credits her family and.
- by Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- August 26, 2022
Metro Schools and Beacon Center Spar Over COVID Funding
Metro Nashville Public Schools fired off a scathing response this week to a new Beacon Center report that’s critical of.
- by Sky Arnold
- August 25, 2022
Report questions Tennessee public school’s spending of $3.5B in COVID-19 relief funds
A new report from Beacon Center of Tennessee shows that school districts throughout Tennessee received a total of nearly $3.5 billion sent.
- by Jon Styf, The Center Square
- August 24, 2022
Joris Ray agrees to resign as Memphis-Shelby County Schools chief under deal with board
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray, who was under investigation over claims that he abused his power and violated district.
- by Samantha West, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- August 23, 2022
KIPP Memphis leader discusses his vision for the city’s oldest charter network
As KIPP Memphis celebrates its 20th anniversary, CEO Antonio Burt thinks the charter network is on its way to “finding.
- by Samantha West, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- August 18, 2022