“Data bill” advancing in the House aims to better prepare students for Tennessee’s evolving economy
Members of the House Education Administration Committee advanced legislation Wednesday that supporters say will help the state do a better.
House subcommittee debates proposals to improve school safety
Members of the House K-12 Subcommittee turned their focus to school safety Wednesday by voting on a series of bills.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 14, 2024
Hall at risk of a fall. Why the University of Tennessee says it desperately needs a new chemistry building.
Viktor Nemykin heads up a chemistry department that’s ranked second in the world for its polymer program and boasts the.
- by Sky Arnold
- March 12, 2024
UT and MTSU present budget requests
University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd told members of the Senate Education Committee that there are three myths tied to.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 8, 2024
Questions remain after Education Freedom Scholarship Act passes two key committees
Walter Blanks Jr. says his experience with public schools growing up in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio was.
- by Sky Arnold
- March 7, 2024
Senate committee advances bill to help students who suffer a cardiac arrest
Two years ago, Linton Beck unexpectedly suffered a cardiac arrest in his chemistry class. The Station Camp High School senior.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 7, 2024
State Board of Education unanimously approves resolution asking lawmakers to change Third-Grade Retention Law
The Tennessee State Board of Education is joining the list of government entities that have expressed an interest in changing.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 5, 2024
House committee shoots down bill that would remove diversity-sustaining programs
Members of the House Higher Education Subcommittee unanimously shot down a bill Monday that would establish prohibitions for public universities.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 5, 2024
Three competing plans to allow students to attend private school with public dollars come with vastly different testing requirements
When Governor Bill Lee announced his Education Freedom Scholarship Act last year, he made it a point to say the.
- by Sky Arnold
- February 29, 2024
House committee advances bill to offer teacher assistance with childcare
Tennessee teachers could receive help with childcare under legislation that advanced from a key House committee Wednesday. Representative Scott Cepicky’s,.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 29, 2024