It’s not clear how many new vouchers will be available for Tennessee students next year. The state’s prioritization of applicants will look quite different compared to the first year of the Education Freedom Scholarships program.

The Tennessee Department of Education will implement a new three-tier intervention program for low-performing schools, with escalating consequences for schools repeatedly flagged as priority schools. The state just released its current list of 108 schools that may face some form of turnaround or intervention plan.

The lawsuit marks the first legal challenge to the Education Freedom Scholarship Act, which gave $7,295 in public tax dollars this fall to 20,000 Tennessee students.

The ruling indicates that the first challenge to Tennessee’s expanded school books law faces an uphill battle.

Tennessee currently requires high school students to have two world language credits to graduate. The state board of education chairman wants to reduce the requirement to one credit to give more elective flexibility to students.

A Tennessee school district is asking a federal judge to dismiss a Williamson County teacher’s First Amendment lawsuit after it reinstated her at Franklin High School.

The agency did not yet have details of how much more money it will need for vouchers or its public education funding formula.

After a COVID-era slump, Tennessee’s graduation rate has improved for a third consecutive year. In total, 69 districts in the state had graduation rate increases this year.

A Memphis lawmaker wants Tennessee voters to be able to recall local elected officials, including school boards, as an “accountability” measure.

The Tennessee Charter Commission decision means Kirby Middle School and Hillcrest High School will return to local control under the Memphis-Shelby County school system. What will happen to the schools and hundreds of students isn’t clear.