TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT THIS WEEK
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Bill Lee School Funding Edition
49by Andy Spears / 1d
As the Tennessee General Assembly passed Gov. Bill Lee’s budget today which included maintaining the woefully inadequate status quo for school funding, the Tennessee Education Association (TEA) offered the following statement expressing their disappointment: “The budget passed by the General Assembly is disappointing when we have a historic opportunity to get Tennessee out of the bottom five in e
League of Women Voters Calls for Action on School Funding
31by Andy Spears / 2d
In an action alert email, the League of Women Voters encouraged members and supporters to push Gov. Bill Lee and the General Assembly to make significant new investments in public education. Here’s the text of that email: Tennessee continues to neglect its public schools. The state consistently ranks as one of the bottom five for public school funding. During the current legislative session, nume
Paid For By . . .
37by Andy Spears / 3d
At the end of this nice, happy story welcoming a new reporter to the education beat at WPLN, there’s a very interesting sentence: Nashville Public Radio thanks the Thorne Family Charitable Fund, the Scarlett Foundation, the HCA Healthcare Foundation, the Joe C. Davis Foundation and the Andrew Allen Foundation for their generous support of our education beat. It’s great that the education beat has
Mattresses Full of Cash
by Andy Spears / 14d
On the heels of the Department of Revenue’s announcement today that the state has once again exceeded monthly revenue projections, the Tennessee Education Association (TEA) released a statement accusing Gov. Bill Lee of stuffing mattresses full of cash rather than spending money on K-12