Four Tennessee Lawmakers Recognized as “Team Kid Heroes” for Supporting Education Policies
Education advocacy organization Tennesseans for Student Success (TSS) recognized four state lawmakers for their leadership in education policy during the 2025 legislative session.
Commentary: Lawmakers Should Aspire to Something Better by Building Upon the Assessment Policies that Kick-Started our State’s Gains
Tennessee lawmakers can go back to the education standards that routinely placed our state at the bottom or they can aspire to something better by building upon the successful policies that kick-started our state’s gains.
As Lawmakers Convene Hearings on Potentially Reducing Testing and Teacher Evaluations, a New Poll Shows Republican Voters Overwhelmingly Support Preserving Both
TSS’ poll of 1,000 Republican voters found 86 percent consider it important for public school students to receive annual statewide assessments and 91 percent support holding teachers accountable for the success of their students.
Commentary: Contention gets the spotlight, but collaboration is helping Tennessee students succeed. See for yourself
Lawmakers achieved transformational victories that will truly improve the success of Tennessee children during the 2025 legislative session. You just have to know where to look for the sunshine.
Tennessee students still aren’t completely back to pre-pandemic levels on the Nation’s Report Card but they’re beating the national average
Tennessee students outperformed the NAEP national average for proficiency in both subjects for both grades. Tennessee students have largely been below the national average in both subjects going back to 2003, with the exception of 2015 when fourth-graders exceeded the national average in math and eighth-graders exceeded it in reading.
Four reading champs win $1,000 scholarship in Tristar Reads contest
Harpeth Middle School seventh-grader Elijah Riggs won the Tristar Reads contest by logging an average of eight hours each day reading.
