There are 86 article(s) tagged Tennessee Department of Education:

• August 2019

  • What you need to know about the 2019 school year

    Tennessee’s State Department of Education, as well as the state’s two largest school districts, Memphis and Nashville, are heading into their first new school year after major leadership changes.

    By Caroline Bauman August 12, 2019

• May 2019

  • New leader at Teach for America-Memphis plans to focus on alumni

    Teach for America has welcomed more than 1,200 teachers over the past 13 years in Memphis, who have a commitment to stay in the classroom for two years. About 500 alumni of the program are still in Memphis, according to recent numbers from the organization. Nafeesha Mitchell will take over in June.

    By Caroline Bauman May 21, 2019

• April 2019

  • Here’s who Penny Schwinn will lean on in Tennessee

    For her chief of staff, Schwinn has picked Rebecca Shah, who worked at the Texas Education Agency where Schwinn served as deputy commissioner of academics before Gov. Bill Lee hired her as Tennessee education chief.

    By Marta W. Aldrich, Caroline Bauman April 19, 2019

  • So far so good? Nearly halfway through, Tennessee state testing remains glitch-free

    Tennessee’s school districts are nearly halfway through online testing, and for the first time in three years, no major issues have been reported.

    By Caroline Bauman April 17, 2019

• February 2019

  • Report: Tennessee’s teacher prep programs are doing a better job, but graduating fewer educators

    Tennessee’s teacher training programs improved or maintained their scores on a report card released Friday, even as the number of would-be educators they graduated dipped for a third straight year.

    By Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee February 15, 2019

  • State board staff agrees with Memphis district, recommends closing City University Boys school

    The state board of education is being told it should approve a recommendation to shut down a small Memphis charter middle school after 10 years of operation.

    By Caroline Bauman February 05, 2019

• January 2019

  • Just months before its next testing company is supposed to start, Tennessee has yet to receive its first bid

    With just months to go before a company is supposed to take over Tennessee’s troubled assessment program, the state has yet to release its request for proposals.

    By Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee January 30, 2019

  • Tennessee’s next education chief starts in February. Here’s how she’s prepping

    Penny Schwinn is scheduled to take the reins Feb. 4 of Tennessee’s education department, where she’ll oversee 600 full-time employees and work on new Gov. Bill Lee’s agenda for public education.

    By Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat January 27, 2019

• December 2018

  • Tennessee’s turnaround district wins big chunk of $8.25 million grant for school improvement

    Ten schools throughout Tennessee that are academically behind are divvying up $8.25 million in new federal grants for school improvement, the state Department of Education announced Monday.

    By Caroline Bauman December 03, 2018

• October 2018

  • Houston High teacher’s travels, approach gain recognition with regional award

    Michael Robinson has traveled to a lot of places in his life – journeys that have brought a fresh perspective and a unique vision to his social studies classes at Houston High in Germantown.

    By Michael Waddell October 01, 2018

• September 2018

  • At least 5 Memphis schools now risk a state takeover

    While Memphis mostly received good news when the state listed its most underachieving schools last week, at least five Shelby County schools appear to be at risk of state takeover.

    By Laura Faith Kebede September 28, 2018