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The Gate School Would Provide Discussion-Based Learning to West Nashville Students
Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/22/26 Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/22/26

The Gate School Would Provide Discussion-Based Learning to West Nashville Students

The Gate School would utilize the Harkness Method, which involves discussion-based teaching, with small groups of students sitting around an oval table rather than in rows of desks.

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Manchester Elementary School Teacher Receives Milken Educator Award
Middle Tennessee, Local Education Sky Arnold 1/21/26 Middle Tennessee, Local Education Sky Arnold 1/21/26

Manchester Elementary School Teacher Receives Milken Educator Award

Holly Logan is an English as a Second Language teacher at Westwood Elementary School and serves the district by training, supporting, and mentoring fellow educators and providing translation services. 

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Metro Nashville Board of Education Questions Plans to Change School Start Times
Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/15/26 Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/15/26

Metro Nashville Board of Education Questions Plans to Change School Start Times

One board member questioned whether proposals to change start times truly addressed student needs, while others expressed concerns about busing.

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Memphis Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Plan to Enable State Intervention into Memphis-Shelby County Schools
State Education, State Government, Memphis, Local Education Sky Arnold 1/14/26 State Education, State Government, Memphis, Local Education Sky Arnold 1/14/26

Memphis Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Plan to Enable State Intervention into Memphis-Shelby County Schools

State Senator Brent Taylor has agreed to move forward with State Representative Mark White’s plan to create a state-appointed oversight board for Memphis-Shelby County Schools.

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More than Half of LEAD Cameron’s Students Don’t Speak English as a First Language. Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal Just Cleared a Plan to Send Them to a Lower-Performing School
Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/9/26 Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/9/26

More than Half of LEAD Cameron’s Students Don’t Speak English as a First Language. Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal Just Cleared a Plan to Send Them to a Lower-Performing School

The Davidson County Chancellor issued an order Thursday that clears Metro Nashville Public Schools to move forward with a controversial school rezoning plan for South Nashville and Antioch.

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Knowledge Academy Supporters Make Their Case to Keep the Public Charter School Open
Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/9/26 Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/9/26

Knowledge Academy Supporters Make Their Case to Keep the Public Charter School Open

KA @ the Crossings is appealing last month’s decision by the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education to deny a new charter agreement with the school.

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Facility Challenges Force Public Charter School to Close, Despite Outperforming Every Other Donelson Middle School
Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/8/26 Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/8/26

Facility Challenges Force Public Charter School to Close, Despite Outperforming Every Other Donelson Middle School

STRIVE leaders announced Wednesday that they’re planning to close the school at the end of the 2025-26 school year, in part because their building has been sold and the new owners are asking the school to vacate at the end of June.

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Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon’s Effort to Roll Back School Board Election Shake-Up Faces a Setback
Local Education, Memphis Sky Arnold 1/7/26 Local Education, Memphis Sky Arnold 1/7/26

Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon’s Effort to Roll Back School Board Election Shake-Up Faces a Setback

Commissioner Sugarmon’s resolution would allow five school board members to serve out their complete four-year term.

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Consultant says Busing Challenges Limit Changes to Start Times for Metro Nashville Public Schools
Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/6/26 Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 1/6/26

Consultant says Busing Challenges Limit Changes to Start Times for Metro Nashville Public Schools

The district unveiled three proposals for school start times this week, including one that shifts high school bells by 20 minutes.

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Hamilton County Schools Removes ‘The Kite Runner’ from a High School English Class
Local Education, Chattanooga Sky Arnold 12/24/25 Local Education, Chattanooga Sky Arnold 12/24/25

Hamilton County Schools Removes ‘The Kite Runner’ from a High School English Class

The decision follows a complaint from a parent about the book's graphic content last week, after a high school teacher selected it as supplementary material for an English class.

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Brick Church Middle School’s Proficiency Rates Drop Nearly 50 Percent Following Takeover by Metro Nashville Public Schools
Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 12/19/25 Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 12/19/25

Brick Church Middle School’s Proficiency Rates Drop Nearly 50 Percent Following Takeover by Metro Nashville Public Schools

A Tennessee Firefly analysis of the state’s School Report Card, released this week, found that student performance dropped in every subject once MNPS took over the school in the 2024-25 school year.

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More Tennessee Schools Receive an A on this Year’s School Letter Grades
State Education, Local Education, Memphis Sky Arnold 12/18/25 State Education, Local Education, Memphis Sky Arnold 12/18/25

More Tennessee Schools Receive an A on this Year’s School Letter Grades

355 schools across the state received an overall A letter grade, compared to 290 last year.

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Memphis-Shelby County School Board Challenges the Constitutionality of Re-Election Shake-Up
Local Education, State Government, Memphis Sky Arnold 12/18/25 Local Education, State Government, Memphis Sky Arnold 12/18/25

Memphis-Shelby County School Board Challenges the Constitutionality of Re-Election Shake-Up

Board attorneys argue that election officials had no authority to place the terms of five school board members up for re-election two years early.

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Memphis-Shelby County School Board Leaves Schools in the Northwest Region Without Custodial Services to Start the New Year
Local Education, Memphis Sky Arnold 12/16/25 Local Education, Memphis Sky Arnold 12/16/25

Memphis-Shelby County School Board Leaves Schools in the Northwest Region Without Custodial Services to Start the New Year

Members failed to approve a $7.2 million contract with ABM Industries to clean all district buildings in the region for the 2026 calendar year.

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Hamilton County Announces Details of $34 Million Upgrade to Soddy Daisy Middle School
Local Education, Chattanooga Sky Arnold 12/15/25 Local Education, Chattanooga Sky Arnold 12/15/25

Hamilton County Announces Details of $34 Million Upgrade to Soddy Daisy Middle School

Among the improvements planned for the school are modernized classrooms and learning spaces, a new gymnasium, and an upgraded cafeteria.

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Knox County Charter School Review Committee Faces Questions of Bias
Local Education, Knoxville Sky Arnold 12/12/25 Local Education, Knoxville Sky Arnold 12/12/25

Knox County Charter School Review Committee Faces Questions of Bias

District leadership successfully nominated 12 people to serve on the committee, including Knoxville NAACP President Rev. Sam Brown, who spoke out against the concept of charter schools in 2023 , as causing “serious harm” to public schools.

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Metro Nashville Public Schools Accused of Hiding Information to Steer Parents Away from a Higher-Performing Public Charter School
Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 12/11/25 Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 12/11/25

Metro Nashville Public Schools Accused of Hiding Information to Steer Parents Away from a Higher-Performing Public Charter School

LEAD Public Schools filed a motion for contempt against Metro Nashville Public Schools on Thursday, alleging the district is hiding information from parents in South Nashville to steer their children away from attending LEAD Cameron Middle School.

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Metro Nashville Board of Education Votes to Close Public Charter School That’s Outperforming Most District-Run Schools in Its Area
Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 12/11/25 Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 12/11/25

Metro Nashville Board of Education Votes to Close Public Charter School That’s Outperforming Most District-Run Schools in Its Area

Members of the Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board of Education voted unanimously against renewing Knowledge Academy at The Crossings' charter for another 10 years on Tuesday night.

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Nashville Parents Express Support for a Later High School Start Time, but Change Won’t Be Simple
Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 12/10/25 Local Education, Nashville Sky Arnold 12/10/25

Nashville Parents Express Support for a Later High School Start Time, but Change Won’t Be Simple

MNPS staff told school board members Tuesday night that 67 percent of the more than 16,000 respondents in an online survey supported adjusting high school start times.

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Knox County Leader Who Spoke Out Against Public Charter Schools Appointed to Review Them
Local Education, Knoxville Sky Arnold 12/9/25 Local Education, Knoxville Sky Arnold 12/9/25

Knox County Leader Who Spoke Out Against Public Charter Schools Appointed to Review Them

Thursday night, school board members voted 6-3 to appoint Rev. Sam Brown and 11 others to the district’s Charter Review Committee.

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