There are 7 article(s) tagged State Board of Education:

• July 2020

  • State Board rejects school district requests to waive physical education, class size

    But citing the need for districts to adhere to social distancing guidelines, the board granted 56 requests to waive duty-free lunch breaks for teachers. 

    By Jacinthia Jones July 25, 2020

  • Lunch duty, P.E., class size: School systems seek hundreds of waivers from state mandates

    The state Board of Education will consider the first round of requests Friday. That vote will offer an early glimpse of how far Tennessee will go to help schools navigate COVID-19 at the expense of statewide policies aimed at improving the quality of public education. 

    By Marta W. Aldrich July 22, 2020

• June 2020

  • Tennessee’s charter school commission widens search for leader

    Tennessee’s charter schools sector has grown to 118 since a 2002 state law opened the door to the publicly funded, independently operated schools. Most are in Memphis. And its new overseeing body, the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Commission, is extending its search for an executive director.

    By Marta W. Aldrich June 28, 2020

  • COVID or not, Tennessee expects 180 days of ‘quality instruction’ for students next year

    The State Board of Education approved an emergency rule on Monday requiring districts and charter leaders to submit plans for how their school communities will teach students in 2020-21 while navigating the pandemic.

    By Marta W. Aldrich June 25, 2020

• October 2019

  • Rejected charter school applicants appeal to the state

    Five charter school applicants the Memphis school board denied two weeks ago for failing to meet new, tighter district standards on charter expansion have appealed the decisions to the state. neighborhoods are in need of better schools.

    By Laura Faith Kebede October 02, 2019

• June 2019

  • Tennessee bumps base teacher pay up to $36,000

    The newest upticks are expected to affect about 3,500 teachers in 62 mostly small or rural school systems now meeting the state’s lowest salary threshold.

    By Marta W. Aldrich June 03, 2019

• May 2019

  • Statewide commission will ensure high bar for charter schools

    This year, the Tennessee General Assembly approved Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to establish an independent statewide authorizer of public charter schools. The commission will ensure decisions to open or close public charter schools are made based on the specific needs of local students.

    By Lillian Hartgrove, Sara H. Morrison May 21, 2019