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…
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Legislature Defunds UTK Diversity Office After Extreme Agenda Discovered
On Thursday, both the Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate passed a bill to cut the entire $436,000 state appropriation for an office at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville that promotes diversity at the state’s flagship university. Republican legislators…
Read MoreRacist UT Students, Staff to March on Capitol Today
Members of United Campus Workers and University of Tennessee Diversity Matters, along with their supporters, will lobby state lawmakers and rally in Nashville today. The two groups have worked together to organize events on campus to show opposition to a…
Read MoreExtremism in UT Diversity Office May Lead to Budget Cuts
After the University of Tennessee’s Office of Diversity released its “inclusive holiday celebrations in the workplace” tips that excluded Secret Santa, Tennessee Republican representative Micah Van Huss (R) put forth legislation to defund the University’s controversial campus group. “The Tennessee…
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