Originally published January 7th, 2014, this article is as true now as it was then! I work in a charter school, and unlike a teacher in a traditional district school, the students I see every day are not sent to…
Education Committee assignments have been officially made in both the Senate and Assembly here in Tennessee. If you’re not an officiant of the legislative process, committee assignments are vitally important and can make or break legislation, so its vital to…
Vouchers are coming up this week in the state legislature. But there are many better ways to expand school improvement and school choice.
The battle for vouchers begins. On January 23rd, Sen. Kelsey filed his bill to provide vouchers to 5,000 students (link via PostPolitics). The bill would do the following: provide “opportunity scholarships” to 5,000 low-income students in the bottom 10 percent…
I wrote a few days ago about my concerns with the likely school voucher system proposal in Tennessee this legislative session. Vouchers are meant to increase school choice for low-income students and give them an alternative to traditional neighborhood schools. …
I work in a charter school, and unlike a teacher in a traditional district school, the students I see every day are not sent to our school based on their street address. Some live down the street and some…
