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Memphis-Shelby County Schools violated Title IX by not adequately responding to complaints of sexual harassment and assault of students over a three-year period, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced.
Superintendent goes door to door checking on students who haven’t shown up this year.
Tennessee’s Missy Testerman speaks out against classroom and library censorship, private school vouchers
Superintendent says extreme heat and building issues have impacted student health
Gov. Phil Murphy held the bill signing in Newark, where third grade literacy rates plummeted after the COVID pandemic.
Outside pro-voucher groups invested $4.5 million in key races
In a flurry of activity, the board also ended its Campus Schools contract with the University of Memphis.
Voucher critics denounce special interest money and negative campaign ads
Critics say Lee’s education platform promotes segregation and inequality.
As pandemic-era waivers ended, many students lost access to free school meals. But a new state law aims to supplement federal meal assistance.
Schools are too often punishing and excluding special education students with behavioral issues, Tennessee Disability Coalition says
The state school board association would help districts obtain electric school buses under a proposed bill that recently advanced out of committee.
46% proficiency rate is the highest since the state raised its academic standards in 2010.
Poll results depend on how the questions are framed and who asks
Former librarian will lead panel that could decide which titles students statewide can access.
The revised policy also requires more tutoring for struggling readers who advance to fifth grade.
The lawsuit asserts that the law is ‘unconstitutionally vague.’
‘This was a session of good, bad, and ugly,’ said one Democratic lawmaker.
“Districts have the option to choose,” Lee said.
Lawmakers send bill to the governor, who signaled that he'll sign it