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With another battle expected over vouchers, see what legislative leaders and advocates are saying.

Over the years, David Snowden has paid for tutors, therapy dogs, digital equipment, and more

Governor’s proclamation and new House rules limit subjects and debate.

Safe firearm storage, school safety policies, and stalking offenses are also on the table

Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools is the state’s first to take Facebook, TikTok, and others to court.

“They are shrugging their shoulders at us,” said one Nashville mom, “but we are not going to stop.”

Lee: ‘Really difficult circumstances can bring about really positive outcomes.’

“If more guns in more places made us safer, we’d be the safest state on the planet, and we’re not,” a Nashville dad and gun-control advocate said.

State inspections found 527 unlocked doors so far this school year.

‘We have to do more,’ he says, but gun control isn’t on his list

Students, experts, and educators will discuss their ideas on how CRT debates and proposed book bans are affecting schools. Here’s our reading list.

2021 Teacher of the Year finalist Adrian Hampton reflects on how he teaches after losing a student to gun violence and facing  grieving students and an eerily empty desk. 

A school year already burdened by a pandemic adds another daunting disruption: rebuilding after the storm. And with the number of tornadoes increasing in parts of the country, it’s a disruption that educators are facing more frequently.