Press Release from the Office of Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, Dec. 15, 2011:
Group charged with identifying program that would work for Tennessee
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced the formation of…
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Education
Voucher measure could be DOA in the House. GOP caucus chairwoman and Education Committee chairman say 2012 session is time for observation and contemplation, not more reform action.
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A top state finance official calling for a rewrite of the state’s formula for funding schools says he’s unsure whether the current recipe doles out taxpayer dollars fairly.
Comptroller Justin Wilson last week asked…
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Press Release from the State of Tennessee, Dec 02, 2011:
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Education today released complete results from the 2011 state Report Card. Today’s release includes district- and school-level data…
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Tennessee’s repeal of a 1970’s era law mandating local collective bargaining between school boards and local teachers’ unions is shifting the professional-representation landscape among the state’s educators.
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Commissioner Kevin Huffman is proposing a budget plan that cuts total spending by 6.5 percent next year. An upcoming departmental restructuring will help the DOE absorb some reductions, he said, but others “give us some heartburn.”
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The state’s education commissioner says it’s unfair for critics of the new system for grading educators to charge that he and his staff are favoring the opinions of principals over teachers.
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The governor has asked all state agencies to submit a contingency plan for 5 percent reductions, and the state’s higher education schools complied with an outline that would trim spending by $55.1. But their real desire is to see a $28.7 million bump, an increase of 2.7 percent.
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House Speaker Beth Harwell said lawmakers should act with care on any school voucher bill. She said the new teacher evaluation process coupled with a voucher system would send ‘a mixed message’ to teachers. Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey wants to see “at least a pilot project for school choice.”
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More than 200 people, largely educators, participated by Internet and more than 180 others by telephone. The state’s education commissioner talked about the state’s request for a waiver from No Child Left Behind, and reiterated his call for the state to address racial disparities in student education achievement.
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The governor said Monday the new teacher evaluation system will require some getting used to but emphasized that the evaluations were “at the heart” of the state’s successful Race to the Top application. Haslam said he’s as yet unprepared to take a position on a bill to make way for vouchers in the state’s largest school systems.
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State Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman says a new request for a waiver on the No Child Left Behind law will be hundreds of pages long, as opposed to the original app’s slim seven-and-a-half pages. But Huffman is still sounding an optimistic tone on the state’s chances of approval.
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