MTSU applauds Haslam’s decision to include Science Building in budget
MURFREESBORO—Middle Tennessee State University applauded Gov. Bill Haslam’s announcement Monday night that the University’s…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Mayor Karl Dean and the Tennessee Charter School Incubator announced today that national charter school leader Todd Dickson has…
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Lawmakers say they’re hearing concerns about the governor’s plan to authorize more local control on class size and teacher pay, but they predict the outcry will not be as heated as last year’s.
“We’re…
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TEA ANNOUNCES AGENDA TO ADDRESS FLAWS IN EVALUATION SYSTEM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Education Association released its recommendations to correct the state’s flawed annual…
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Gov. Bill Haslam wants an independent review of the state’s new, and controversial, system of grading teachers. “If you don’t consistently re-evaluate it, you’re not doing your job.”
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Gov. Bill Haslam says he put the brakes on a proposal to further open up school choice in Tennessee because the concept of vouchers has “too many unanswered questions” and the timing was off.…
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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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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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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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One of the keys to improving education in America is giving states more autonomy to make policy decisions, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said on national television Monday.
“I’ll say this to make…
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