A state legislator is calling for an investigation into alleged workplace abuse within the office of House Speaker Beth Harwell. State Representative Billy Spivey, R-Lewisburg, said he received a report from a concerned staffer at Legislative Plaza describing “mental and…
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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 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 MoreChanges at the Airport…Finally
Amid a sudden push to replace her as chairwoman of the board that oversees Nashville International Airport, Juli Mosley says she won’t seek the chair position and will step down from the board altogether. Mosley, who has been chairwoman of…
Read MoreAnother Scandal Hits Metro Schools
A Hamilton County teacher who resigned in 2014 following years of warnings and reprimands, was hired a year later by Metro Nashville Public Schools. Jason Hamrick was a teacher at Ooltewah High School from 1999 until 2014. Then-principal Ed Foster…
Read MoreAs Metro Schools Scandal Grows, Insiders Blame Each Other
An attorney for a Nashville high school principal at the center of a testing and grading controversy has warned Metro Schools that she’s prepared to sue over the district’s failure to defend her — or if the district takes any…
Read MoreMetro Schools’ Cheating Scandal Worsens
She was pulled from a course she was passing and told that she had failed. Now, yet another family fears their student may have been a victim of questionable testing and grading practices inside a struggling Nashville high school. “For…
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