Marta W. Aldrich

Marta W. Aldrich

Senior Statehouse Correspondent, Tennessee

Marta W. Aldrich is Chalkbeat Tennessee’s Senior Statehouse Correspondent. A newswoman for The Associated Press for most of her career, Marta has covered state government, politics, business, education and other Tennessee news. She has served as news editor of United Methodist News Service and features editor of American Profile magazine. Her freelance work has been published by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor and Dow Jones News Service, among others. Marta is a graduate of Memphis City Schools and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

Two groups want to open the first charter schools for at-risk students under a new state law.

‘We most heartily agree with President Trump,’ says a resolution urging teachers to fall in line.

The planning foreshadows changes ahead for the state’s most ambitious and aggressive school turnaround model

A state panel, whose members are appointed by Gov. Bill Lee, would have more authority over charter growth.

Questions emerge about which company will manage the program, and how the state will verify students’ legal residency.

Minimum teacher pay would see a bump under Lee’s proposed budget.

Takeover talk has swirled over the firing of Memphis school Superintendent Marie Feagins

Lawmakers defeat amendments seeking to strengthen accountability and protections for students with disabilities.