Democrats demand major funding increase for K-12 education
One Memphis lawmaker contends Tennessee is setting up public education to fail by underfunding it then turning it over to charter operators and private schools.
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Gov. Bill Lee Antonio Parkinson Achievement School District Basic Education Program Raumesh AkbariSam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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