Shining a light on education & government in TennesseeCoverage, analysis, and reporting on data and polling across Tennessee.
Tennessee ranks above the national average for parents who favor charter schools.
Of those surveyed, nearly 67 percent oppose removing Algebra II as a graduation requirement.
The poll comes as lawmakers are poised to reduce barriers to open enrollment.
That poll found Blackburn leading with support from more than 60 percent of respondents.
57 percent of the 463 Republican voters who responded to the January poll said they’d vote for Blackburn in the August primary, compared to 8 percent for State ...
More than 60 percent of respondents said they support expanding the Education Freedom Scholarship and adopting policies that allow parents to send their childre...
Blackburn held the support of 60 percent of the 484 Republican voters surveyed online in the poll, well ahead of Congressman John Rose’s 10 percent and State Re...
A new national survey reveals that most parents would send their children to private or religious schools if public funding were available, signaling a major sh...
The Beacon Center says 66 percent of respondents said they support Blackburn compared to the 14 percent who chose Rose. 19 percent of voters were undecided.
TSS’ poll of 1,000 Republican voters found 86 percent consider it important for public school students to receive annual statewide assessments and 91 ...
Both polls asked voters for their support of key education policies that have been backed this year by Republican leaders, including President Trump and Governo...
That poll of 400 parents across the state last month by Public Opinion Strategies found 58 percent of respondents believe charter schools produce better results...
A new report from the Brookings Institution says that parents “consistently overestimate the quality of learning experiences that students report having in scho...
A new statewide poll from the Beacon Center of Tennessee indicates that 61 percent of Tennesseans support expanding charter schools statewide, with only 14 perc...
A new report from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) suggests that gender stereotypes remain a major barrier to increasing women’s participation in scie...
A new poll from Vanderbilt University notes that parents are growing increasingly concerned about not having enough money to support their children’s education,...
A recent report from the education advocacy organization 50CAN indicates that overall school satisfaction in Tennessee is similar to the national average, despi...
A new report from the Grad Partnership notes that high school graduation rates in Tennessee have remained relatively stable in recent years, compared to 26 stat...
Despite witnessing a decline in first-time freshmen enrollment, overall enrollment has increased across Tennessee’s public colleges and universities, according ...
A record-breaking number of students applied for the Tennessee Promise program, with over 67,000 applicants from the Class of 2025, an announcement from the Ten...
A new study published by Brown University’s Annenberg Institute indicates that middle school students in the state’s two primary school turnaround models have m...
New data from the Tennessee Department of Education shows that the statewide graduation rate from the 2023-24 school year was 92.1 percent, breaking the previou...
A new report from SCORE notes that “too many Tennesseans are still not realizing the full economic benefits of their education,” despite the state’s efforts in ...
A new survey study from the Applied Social Research Lab at East Tennessee State University indicates that 56 percent of Tennesseans believe the state is “headed...
Schools like Leadership Preparatory Charter School in Memphis and KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary (KACPE) in South Nashville have invested heavily in profe...
A new study from the Progressive Policy Institute indicates that low-income students in both public charter schools and traditional public schools in 10 major c...
A new statewide survey from the Beacon Center of Tennessee found that Tennessee voters are “more likely to vote for candidates” who support school choice by a 4...
A new study published in Sage Journals suggests that Black female students in Nashville have significantly less confidence in math than their male counterparts ...
A new report from the Georgetown University education think tank FutureEd notes that 569,000 K-12 students received public subsidies for private schooling in 20...
A recent parent survey study from the education advocacy organization TennesseeCAN indicates that despite overall satisfaction with school choice in Tennessee a...
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, ...
A new memo from the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) says the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) school funding formula has ha...
The university has had another historic year for enrollment, retention and graduation rates, according to recent data.
Despite increased investments in academic support to combat “learning loss” that came as a result of COVID-19, a recent report from Brown University researchers...
A recent study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute suggests that socio-economic factors like household income and parents’ education play a role in perpetuatin...
While recent state assessment data trends show that students throughout the state are making gains in literacy, officials from the Tennessee Department of Educa...
A new memo from the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) highlights the need to revise Tennessee’s outcomes-based postsecondary funding formula to...
The Tennessee State Board of Education has launched a new survey to gather public comments and feedback about Tennessee’s K-12 English Language Arts (ELA) stand...
Following recent discussions between board members and with parents in the community about their preferences, the board decided to do away with two “early relea...
A recent statewide survey from the University of Tennessee’s Institute of American Civics suggests there's a critical need to improve civics education in Tennes...
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) has released a new memo highlighting how policymakers have helped advance early literacy in the state wit...
Thursday's election results are bringing major changes to school boards representing the state's largest school districts.Families with children attending Knox ...
State education officials say the schools overseen by the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission are faring well when compared to the school districts that ...
While recent results from the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) exam indicate that students across the state achieved “record-high” proficiency ...
A new report from the ed tech platform Quizlet suggests that higher ed institutions are leading in AI adoption when compared to high schools.
The education philanthropic organization Scarlett Family Foundation recently launched a new tool designed to allow parents and other education stakeholders to f...
A new report from the education research organization NWEA suggests that K-12 academic performance is still lagging behind pre-pandemic trends, despite efforts ...
A recent report from the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) analyzing results from the 2024 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) no...
More school districts in Tennessee are now able to serve free meals to students, thanks to recent changes in federal rules governing free meal program eligibili...
A new statewide survey from the Beacon Center of Tennessee found 50 percent of registered voters in Tennessee are dissatisfied with the way things are going in ...
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) has released a pair of memos highlighting how annual teacher evaluations and assessments have worked toge...
While parents strongly support the use of statewide summative assessments to measure student progress, many believe that few K-12 leaders are clearly sharing ho...
A new survey study from the Walton Family Foundation and Gallup suggests that students are still in need of additional academic support to improve performance a...
The Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education celebrated gains made across grade levels and subjects in this year’s Tennessee Comprehensive Asses...
Student performance is slowly but steadily improving in math, English language arts (ELA) and social studies, according to 2023-24 Tennessee Comprehensive Asses...
A memo released today from the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) said the state’s schools must do more to ensure Tennessee students receive the...
A new white paper from the Tennessee Disability Coalition suggests that K-12 schools throughout the state have a lot of work to do when it comes to supporting s...
Tennessee ranks 14th out of 30 states included in a recent report from the Education Freedom Institute that measures the quality and accessibility of states’ pu...
Tennessee's fourth-graders showed noticeable improvements in reading this year while third-graders' scores held steady.That's according to a Thursday announceme...
While Gov. Bill Lee’s universal school voucher proposal is clearly a key issue this election year, there is less agreement on where Tennessee voters stand on th...
Two polls released this month have found Tennesseans remain sharply divided on Governor Bill Lee’s plan to let parents use taxpayer dollars to send their childr...
According to the annual report, which surveyed 1,000 teachers across the country, 70 percent of teachers believe that their students are falling behind academic...
A new poll finds the unanimous rejection of new charters at the school board level this year doesn’t align with the values of Tennessee voters who elected them.
Tennessee lawmakers and school board members have spent a lot of time over the last few months debating whether teachers should be armed, but a new poll finds t...
A common set of problems are keeping education leaders up at night: Will there be enough teachers to staff America’s schools? Can artificial intelligence enhanc...
A new poll from the National Parents Union (NPU) found a growing concern for the negative effects of social media consumption.That survey found 83 percent of pa...
Two-thirds of U.S. teachers have limited discussions of political and social issues in their classrooms, even in places where there is no law or policy prohibit...
Tennessee’s efforts to increase early literacy appear to be paying off according to the latest review by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office.The Comptroller rele...
A new poll finds Tennesseans want more out of their state’s education system.The poll on a variety of topics by conservative organization the Beacon Center, fou...
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