NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Republicans who control Nashville rushed through committee a measure to create a state charter school authorizer — a centralized government body that strips school decisions away from local boards.
Charter schools approved by the state charger authorizer would have to be funded by local taxpayers whether there was money available or [...]
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State Charter Panel Threatens Fiscal Security of Local Schools
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Democrats are speaking out against the newest Republican government intrusion into local school control as a scheme that could force higher local taxes.
The new proposal, which drastically alters a plan which passed through the House Education Subcommittee on February 12, creates an [...]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Virtual Academy, operated by K12, Inc., has been implicated in an alleged scheme to falsify student achievement results in a recently discovered internal memorandum. It has been reported that virtual school administrators instructed subordinates to delete student test results that reflect poorly on the already beleaguered for-profit school contractor.
Rep. [...]
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NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Virtual Academy, the state subsidiary of for-profit K12 corporation, came under heavy scrutiny in a House Education Committee hearing earlier today over the poor academic results that have been seen in Tennessee and nationwide.
During the hearing Josh Williams, Head of Schools for the Tennessee Virtual Academy, and Megan Henry, Deputy [...]
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NASHVILLE — House Democratic Leader Craig Fitzhugh offered a prebuttal to Governor Bill Haslam’s State of the State address. Fitzhugh laid out Democratic priorities: good-paying jobs, investing in public education and expanding genuine access to affordable health care for families who work for a living.
See his video message below:
The video was [...]
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Democratic Leader Voices Concern Over State’s Unprecedented Funding Cut for Nashville Schools
Earlier today Tennessee’s Commissioner of Education, Kevin Huffman, announced the state would be arbitrarily withholding $3.4 million from Nashville’s schools and 80,000 students as political retribution for the Metro School Board disagreeing with the Republican administration over a charter school application.
It’s [...]
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