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In 2014, the Tennessee General Assembly created the Tennessee Promise, which allows in-state high school graduates to enroll in two-year post-secondary education programs such as associate degrees and certificates at community colleges and trade schools in Tennessee tuition-free, funded by the state lottery, if they meet certain requirements. [13]
In January 2022 the school board, in a 10-0 decision, removed the graphic novel about the Holocaust Maus, the only graphic novel ever to win a Pulitzer Prize, from its curriculum for 8th grade English classes. The board in doing so overrode a Tennessee state curriculum review that had in contrast approved the teaching of the book.
Knox County Schools is governed by a nine-member elected board of education [6] and directed by an appointed Director of Schools (aka: superintendent). The following will serve on the Knox County Board of Education from 2022–2024: District 1: Rev. John Butler; District 2: ann Templeton; District 3: pat ridley; District 4: Katherine Bike
Rep. Ryan Williams, R-Cookeville, presents a bill that would allow K-12 public school teachers and staff to carry guns in schools on the Tennessee House floor on Tuesday.
Tackling Tennessee's ongoing teacher shortage is the focus of a newly released policy memo from the State Collaborative on Reforming Education, also known as SCORE.. The collaborative was founded ...
The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR or The College System of Tennessee) is a system of community and technical colleges in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of two public higher education systems in the state, the other being the University of Tennessee system. It was authorized by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly passed in 1972 ...
The Rutherford County Board of Education voted to remove the following books from school libraries: "Beloved," by Toni Morrison, who in 1993 won the Nobel Prize in Literature "Queen of Shadows" by ...
The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) is the state education agency of Tennessee. It is headquartered on the 9th floor of the Andrew Johnson Tower in Nashville. [1] Lizzette Gonzales Reynolds is the current Commissioner of Education. She has held that position since June 29, 2023.