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…
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Government 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 MoreSchool Choice Opponents Kill Voucher Bill in State House
The House sponsor of a bill to create a school voucher system in Tennessee delayed a floor vote on the legislation after nearly two dozen amendments were proposed at the last minute. Rep. Bill Dunn, R-Knoxville, on Monday pulled his…
Read MoreTN One Step Closer to Education Choices for Parents
An effort to create a school voucher program scraped through the House Finance Committee on Tuesday after a bitter debate, giving the years-long quest to use taxpayer dollars to send students to private schools its best chance ever of becoming…
Read MoreDemocrat Lawyers Sue Local Non-Profit School
A Nashville charter school network is getting sued over a series of mass text messages that the charter organization allegedly sent to parents in recent months to promote enrollment at their schools. Irika Skeete, a Metro school parent from Goodlettsville,…
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