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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans partnered with the NFL Grassroots Program to award $50,000 to Freedom Preparatory Academy Charter Schools Monday for field upgrades at the Brownlee Road campus in Whitehaven. The grant funds will be used to install bleachers, lighting, and a scoreboard. The NFL Grassroots Program is a partnership between the NFL […]

Tennessee Can’s Victor Evans talks about annual testing and why it is more important this year than ever.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Lee is calling lawmakers back into session. With students falling further behind in reading and math, he says it’s time for targeted intervention. The governor’s plans include a mandate to not pass students to the third grade unless they are ready. And beginning this summer, full-time tutoring, afterschool camps, learning […]

Citing the disruption caused by coronavirus, Tennessee’s governor and education commissioner said Friday they want to remove negative consequences for schools and teachers from this year’s student assessment results. “Given the unprecedented disruption that the COVID-19 pandemic and extended time away from the classroom has had on Tennessee’s students, my Administration will work with the General […]

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday proposed funneling money into relief for tornado and health crises, scaling back planned teacher raises, and socking more cash away into reserves.

The leaders of two of Tennessee’s largest school districts want TNReady testing suspended this spring.

Several West Tennessee school districts including Shelby County showed improvement in math scores in this year’s TNReady tests, while others scored well in English, according to results from those tests released Tuesday morning.

The newest vendor tasked with overseeing Tennessee’s student assessment test will cost the state roughly $93 million over the next five years.

The Tennessee Department of Education failed to provide adequate oversight while rolling out its problem-plagued student assessment test in the spring.

In its 2019 legislative agenda, SCS urges the Tennessee Department of Education to eliminate TNReady. 

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is coming to Shelby County as part of a statewide tour to hear ideas to improve the state’s problem-plagued elementary and secondary school online testing process.