Tennessee high school students will have access to digital course materials in 14 subjects this school year for free after multiple groups came together to offer a newly created online catalog. The Tennessee Digital Resources Library, announced Tuesday, is a…
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Despite Scandals and Poor Performance, Metro Teachers Get Big Pay Raise
Metro Nashville Public Schools has unveiled a new salary scale for certified employees that will result in significant pay increases for many teachers. According to a release, the new salary scale aligns MNPS salaries with regional market data at key…
Read MoreState Colleges To Permit Employees to Carry on Campus
In less than a month, full-time faculty and staff at Tennessee’s colleges and universities can carry guns on campus. The new law passed without Governor Bill Haslam’s signature last month. Haslam said this decision should have been up to the…
Read MoreSchool Board Media Campaigns Draw Press Attention
A slickly-produced ad campaign is targeting the upcoming Metro school board elections. But just who is paying the bills? The people behind the group Nashville Rise refuse to say. But NewsChannel 5 Investigates did some digging and discovered the group…
Read MoreDiversity: 1/3 of Public School Kids Speak 120 Different Languages
Recently released data from the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools shows about a third of the district’s 85,000 student population does not speak English as a first language. Of those 25,300 students, more than 12,300 require special services, primarily in elementary…
Read MoreMetro Schools’ Cheating Scandal Worsens
A prominent Metro Schools principal has slammed an internal review of the district’s testing practices, calling it “inaccurate” and “misleading.” Susan Kessler, principal of Hunters Lane High School, criticized the review for not reflecting the role of higher-ups in the…
Read MoreState Says “No” To Local Control of Education
When state Education Commissioner Candice McQueen told the state’s 132 school districts to go ahead and take the TNReady high school test, two school districts refused. But two days later, districts in Lincoln and Williamson counties have reversed their positions….
Read MoreEducators Humiliated Again: TNReady STILL Not Ready
For the third time this year, Tennessee’s new standardized assessment has hit a road bump, likely causing further delays in testing students in grades 3-8. As of Thursday, all districts across the state had received testing materials for high school…
Read MoreGovernment School Choice Bill Gains Support
A school choice measure allowing students to take classes from other public school districts was approved unanimously Tuesday by two key state legislative committees. The bill, introduced by Rep. Roger Kane and Sen. Delores Gresham, establishes a “course access program”…
Read MoreTSU to Host Radical Black Muslim Activist
Minister Louis Farrakhan, noted organizer and leader of the Nation of Islam, is scheduled to speak in Nashville next week during a conference designed to foster leadership among students at historically black colleges and universities. Farrakhan will speak at the…
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