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Saturday, September 24, 9am – 3pm (CDT)Metro Nashville Education Association,531 Fairground Ct, Nashville, TN 37211 Join other public school supporters and advocates to resist ongoing efforts of certain billionaires, politicians,…

Voucher Fight Looms As uncertainty about Gov. Bill Lee’s ‘Freedom Scholarship’ plan ripples across the state, one Knox County school board member prepares. BY JESSE FOX MAYSHARK • DECEMBER 14,…

For over two decades education reformers have been trying to convince parents, taxpayers and voters that Tennessee public schools are doing a horrible job. They have done this through the…

The General Assembly has been holding hearings each week to better understand the impacts of the governor’s terrible 3rd/4th grade retention law that was passed in 2021 and takes effect…

The Tennessee General Assembly seems to believe that the problem with their third grade retention law is that people are calling it a “retention law,” rather than an “achievement law.”…

HOW TO REFUSE To refuse the test, you’ll need to make your request in writing and explain to your child why they will not be taking the test and to…

There are two ways to find your legislator with the Tennessee General Assembly’s tool: Click your location on the map of House Representatives or Senators; or Fill in your address…

The attack on public education is nothing new (it has happened under both Democratic and Republican administrations), but it’s reached a fever pitch in the past couple of years. That’s…

The chart below compares Tennessee’s current school funding formula (BEP) with Governor Lee’s new funding formula (TISA).

This OpEd was also published in The Tennessean on March 31, 2022 Key Points Public-school advocates and local communities are worried about how the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA)…