Mid Year Media Review
Memphis school officials would have to transfer three suburban schools to neighboring Germantown under a bill that cleared the Tennessee Senate Tuesday. But the heavily amended legislation gives the two … Read More
Letting families opt out of school mask mandates may be bad public health policy, but it could be good politics for Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. As his 2022 re-election bid … Read More
Gov. Bill Lee called Friday for a “robust review” of Tennessee’s nearly 30-year-old formula for funding public education with an eye toward spending that is more focused on students than … Read More
Gov. Bill Lee is considering convening a special legislative session to address charges of “overreach” by local officials as a growing number of Tennessee school districts require students and staff … Read More
A Washington, D.C.-based group representing two transgender students in Tennessee sued the state Tuesday over a new law that restricts which school bathrooms they can use. The Human Rights Campaign, … Read More
Former Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen is leaving her job as CEO of a national nonprofit education organization to become president of Lipscomb University in Nashville. Since 2019, McQueen has … Read More
Tennessee’s decision to halt all vaccine outreach for children and adolescents preparing to head back to school will cost lives and could balloon the state’s current resurgence of COVID cases, … Read More
Tennessee aims to get rid of vestiges of the politically sensitive Common Core academic standards, while also notifying students and their parents about their vaccination exemption rights, under dozens of … Read More
For months, Tennessee Republican lawmakers were hearing from dozens of parents concerned about how educators were trying to make their lessons more inclusive in response to the nation’s racial reckoning. … Read More
