The South is Low – TN is LowerThe Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) is out with a report on teacher compensation across the region. Not surprisingly, teacher compensation in the South is about 16% below the national average. Of course, Tennessee teacher compensation lags behind even the average in our region. We are low in a region that is low. Not only is Tennessee behind other states when it comes to compensation , b
Extreme PrivatizationIf you are wondering what it looks like when school privatizers are close to total victory, Tennessee is a prime example. Here, the forces that want to take public money and hand it over to private entities are on the verge of completing their conquest. Tennessee’s current legislative session features a range of attacks on public schools. Some of these would have immediate impacts, while others t
The Truth about TISAGov. Bill Lee is proposing a significant change to the way the state funds public schools. His proposal would replace the decades old BEP formula with something he calls TISA – Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement. Except, well, the plan does nothing to invest in student achievement. Rather, it is a complicated system of weights applied to students that supposedly will lead to improved stu
Intellectually LazyA Chattanooga mom accurately describes the approach of Moms for Liberty at a Hamilton County School Board meeting. Here’s video: WATCH: “They don’t support our schools & teachers, and they SURE AS HELL don’t care about our kids.” Fired up Chattanooga mom rips @Moms4Liberty ’s “disgusting, intellectually lazy” attacks on librarians & educators while ADMITTING they want to steer kids out of public
