tennessee schools

Families across Tennessee can now use public money for private school education. Applications for the state’s school voucher program opened Thursday.

A measure that would allow Tennessee schools to refuse undocumented students is likely dead for the 2025 legislative session.

Standardized testing begins Monday in Tennessee classrooms. For third graders and their families, the standardized test comes with a lot of pressure.

A measure to challenge the right to an education for undocumented students narrowly passed the Tennessee Senate, 19-13, to the outrage of protesters inside and outside of the chamber.

The bill nevertheless earned the vote of 8 Republicans to advance out of a Tennessee House committee Monday

A shortage of qualified professionals means the average school counselor in Tennessee is juggling about 429 students — nearly double what’s recommended by the American School Counseling Association.

Tennessee students will have less access to locally grown foods and Tennessee farmers will lose out on millions of dollars in purchases after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut two programs funding local foods for schools and food banks.

A bill allowing Tennessee public schools to exclude children without legal immigration status cleared a House subcommittee Tuesday as protestors gathered outside the hearing room chanting “stop hurting kids” and “shame on you.”

Tennessee schools could refuse to teach students without legal status, or charge their families tuition, under a bill advancing in the statehouse.

When it comes to the children of people who came to the country illegally, a Chattanooga Republican senator is a bit of an outlier, even as many in his party are cheering President Donald Trump’s aggressive push against illegal immigration.