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Clarksville Parents Criticize Support Following Fatal School Bus Crash
Five parents called the district out for a lack of accountability, transparency, and support for grieving and traumatized families and students during the public comment section of the school district's last board meeting.
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 ei
Rutherford County Schools leaders set to make a final decision on whether to ban seven books
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.
Teacher vacancies are a big challenge in Tennessee. Clarksville-Montgomery County may have found a solution.
A recent report from the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) found that school districts across Tennessee began the school year with 1,000 teaching vacancies.