The Middle Tennessee school district postponed its pick for chair after voting ended in a deadlock at Tuesday’s regular board meeting.

A new memo from the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) says that more than half of U.S. teachers have never used artificial intelligence tools, despite the growing popularity of AI-driven ed-tech platforms and their potential to enhance instruction.

Learn more about how educators can make use of AI tools for content creation and lesson planning.

The Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday that calls for “increased and sustained” federal funding for public schools as federal COVID-19 relief funding gets set to expire.

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Supporters of Nurses Middle College made their case to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission that the proposed public charter school is needed to help better prepare students for a career in nursing.

Celeste Hanson says she was devastated to learn her son had fallen through the cracks in the school system and was struggling with reading. Last week she was among the supporters arguing children like hers need Encompass Community School to be approved for North Nashville.

SouthEast Bank announced a three-year investment of $154,500 into Chattanooga public charter schools Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy and the Montessori Elementary at Highland Park to help hire new teaching assistants and fund a new scholarship.

Read more about how these Tennessee charter schools are serving students.

Former MSCS HR staff member Jarvis Cook told district leaders at Tuesday’s school board meeting that he believes he was terminated after speaking out against district job cuts at another meeting in June.

Learn more about what Cook had to say about his dismissal.

The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has appointed mathematics professor Dr. Vasileios Maroulas to serve as associate vice chancellor and director of the AI Tennessee Initiative.

Read more about how he plans to lead the Tennessee higher education initiative in the years ahead.

Several parents and community members spoke to Hamilton County Schools leaders about school safety concerns at Thursday’s school board meeting following a recent string of threats against schools throughout the district.

Read more about what they told the Tennessee school district.

Tennessee Tech University will soon host its inaugural “World Nuclear Forum – Excellence Through Collaboration Nation by Nation” event.

The U.S. Department of Education has named six Tennessee schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools this year including Miller Perry Elementary School in Kingsport, Glenwood Elementary School in Oak Ridge, Early College High School in Nashville, Merrol Hyde Magnet School in Hendersonville, Spanish Immersion at Barksdale in Clarksville, and Jordan Elementary School in Brentwood.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins addressed families’ concerns relating to school safety and communications on Thursday, after threats against schools on social media led to a district-wide lockdown on Wednesday.

The Rutherford County Schools Board of Education voted to remove six literary classics from school libraries at Thursday’s regular school board meeting including “Beloved,” A Pulitzer-Prize winning novel from Toni Morrison about the horrors of slavery, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” a coming-of-age novel by Stephen Chbosky, and “Wicked” by Gregory Maguire, a novel which retells the “Wizard of Oz.” In addition, the board also banned “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi, “Queen of Shadows” by Sara J. Maas, and “Tower of Dawn, also by Sara J. Maas.

A new memo from the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) says the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) school funding formula has had a “positive impact” on schools’ efforts to improve student outcomes.

Supporters say LEAD Public School's success serving students across Nashville is proof the charter operator should receive approval to open two elementary schools.

Several schools in Memphis and Shelby County were placed on lockdown Wednesday due to threats of mass violence, according to Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) leaders.

When Jovie Talbott moved into her Western Kentucky University dorm this year, it was a milestone her mother Alecia says came with the help of private school designed for students with learning differences and a state program that made it financially possible.

Rutherford County Schools leaders are expected to make a decision on whether to ban seven books Thursday in order to comply with state laws instructing school libraries to remove books with sexual or obscene material.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education is poised to approve a dual enrollment agreement for the 2024-25 school year with the Tennessee College of Applied Technology.

The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has released two investigative reports related to Farragut High School in Knox County Schools System (KCS) after officials there reported “questionable transactions” to the office, a recent news release said.