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Deflating data

One in three Tennessee graduates shouldn’t have received high school diploma, state says
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beyond high school

Tennessee
2 days ago

Haslam: Tennessee must step up its role in guiding high school students to college and career

Another layer

Tennessee
3 days ago

Tennessee already has one state-run school district. It’s about to get another.

survey says

Tennessee
3 days ago

Memphis wants to become ‘Teacher Town,’ especially to feed its ‘priority schools.’ Here’s the latest feedback from teachers.

Read to be Ready

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4 days ago

$30 million grant will grow Tennessee’s summer reading program tenfold

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Memphis school closures

Zeroing in

Tennessee
5 days ago

Vote approaches on closing two Memphis schools, while cost of Hopson’s plan grows

The school board soon will decide the fate of two elementary schools, while the district’s local funding body will get a heftier-than-expected price tag for new schools.

another setback

Tennessee
1 month ago

With no one willing to run it, Klondike will be first to close in Achievement School District

No one has stepped up to take over an ASD school that lost its management, meaning that Klondike Preparatory Academy Elementary will likely close this year.

Inside peek

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1 month ago

How Westhaven Elementary — which combined three schools in a new building — may be the new model for closing schools in Memphis

Westhaven opened this fall in a new building in a model that’s designed to address district challenges with academics, enrollment and aging buildings.

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Lawmaker spotlight

Tennessee
3 days ago

Four questions about education with state Rep. Harold Love

The Nashville Democrat talks about why he makes it a point to visit schools and what’s ahead for education in this year’s General Assembly.

New players

Tennessee
4 days ago

Leader of newly rebranded Memphis Education Fund hires two associates from Indianapolis

The new CEO for a Memphis philanthropic collaborative expands his leadership team and brings in two fellow Hoosiers.

Voucher roundup

Tennessee
5 days ago

Gearing up for Tennessee’s voucher fight? Here are eight stories to read.

This will mark Tennessee’s seventh year of legislative debate over vouchers.

petition drive

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1 week ago

School chiefs in Memphis, Nashville join education leaders urging protection of ‘Dreamers’ under Trump

The heads of Tennessee’s two largest districts are among 1,500 education leaders to sign a petition asking for continued protection from deportation for “Dreamers.”

Rise & Shine

Politics & Policy

DACA anxiety

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1 week ago

What Trump’s inauguration means for one undocumented Nashville student-turned-teacher

Carlos Ruiz is a graduate of Nashville public schools and a high school Spanish teacher in Denver. He’s also an undocumented immigrant.

ESSA equity

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1 week ago

Tennessee ESSA draft can be improved to help kids of color, says equity group

The Tennessee Educational Equity Coalition is one of the first groups to weigh in on assets and shortcomings in the state’s plan.

Bridging the divide

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1 week ago

Red meets blue: How students can find common ground in Trump’s America

Student leaders in Memphis offer ideas for fostering understanding and respect in schools in a polarized national climate.

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in their own words

National
3 hours ago

As crisis over Trump’s immigrant order mounts, what America’s teachers of refugee students want you to know

President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Friday that blocked refugees from coming into the U.S. for 120 days and bars refugees from Syria from entering indefinitely. The order — and subsequent detentions of refugees and other legal immigrants arriving in U.S. airports — prompted dramatic protests across the country and an emergency, late-night […]

Deflating data

Tennessee
1 day ago

One in three Tennessee graduates shouldn’t have received high school diploma, state says

The finding comes out of the State Department of Education’s first examination of high school graduation data.

your cheat sheet

National
5 days ago

Your Daily DeVos: Influence in the Sunshine State and resistance in the special-ed world

We’re here to help you keep up with the latest news about Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education secretary pick.