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TN schools graded C- by reformers | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

TN schools graded C- by reformers | The Tennessean | tennessean.com:


TN schools graded C- by reformers


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Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee: 
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 One of the nation’s most influential education reform groups recommended this morning that Tennessee create a school voucher program and take charter school approval out of the hands of local school boards.
StudentsFirst gave the state’s education policy an overall C- or 1.75 grade-point average for 2013, mainly because of its low marks on policies aimed at giving parents a choice in their child’s education, a cornerstone idea of the reform movement.
StudentsFirst is a group of about a million members across the nation that was founded by Michelle Rhee, a national figure in the push for accountability reforms, a former Washington, D.C., Public Schools chancellor, and ex-wife of Tennessee