Last month, commissioners voted to put all nine school board seats on the ballot in 2026, including five board members elected last year who would now face re-election two years early.

The number of incoming students at the University of California requiring remedial math increased thirtyfold over just a five-year period, with nearly one in five students failing to meet standards for 8th-grade-level math upon admission in 2025.

Board members approved a new policy that requires the district to ensure cell phones are securely stored during the school day and provides high school students with access during lunch.

Montgomery County Commissioners voted 11 to 8 to appoint a Republican nominee to the board in a move that at least one commissioner felt was influenced by political parties.

The report found that Navigate Reconnect participants are 11 percentage points more likely to remain enrolled in college than similar students who aren’t participating in the program at the end of two years.

The university says the program builds upon what was formerly the data science and artificial intelligence concentration within the computer science major and further positions the university as a “statewide leader in AI.”

Through Lumina Foundation’s State Attainment Collaborative, state leaders will work alongside education, business, civic, nonprofit, and policy leaders from 12 states to define what makes an industry credential valuable, update Tennessee’s statewide educational attainment goals, and align policies and programs to better support students.

A new report from the Millennial Debt Foundation’s In the Black initiative argues that federal education funding “rests on shaky long-term economic foundations” due to rising spending on Medicare and Social Security and the growth of federal interest expenses.

The district’s Hispanic student graduation rate dropped 6.1 percent in the 2024/25 school year to 73.2 percent.

TSU President Dwayne Tucker told Governor Bill Lee on Thursday that his university’s finances are improving, but it still needs help with deferred maintenance.

Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds reported that roughly 90,000 students have been participating in the camps each summer, and 73 percent of those students attended at least 90 percent of the programming.

A new national survey from The PIE Network finds bipartisan support for annual student testing, with ninety-five percent of respondents saying it is important for students to be tested each year.

Blackburn held the support of 60 percent of the 484 Republican voters surveyed online in the poll, well ahead of Congressman John Rose’s 10 percent and State Representative Monte Fritts’ five percent.

Tennessee lawmakers pressed state education officials this week for answers on how the ongoing federal shutdown and potential Trump-backed block grant proposals could affect school staffing and services for disadvantaged students.

In an interview with the Tennessee Firefly, Sexton said he’ll propose creating an associate’s degree program for future kindergarten through sixth grade teachers.

The Knox County School Board is weighing whether to take a formal stance against a revived bill that could allow Tennessee districts to deny undocumented students a free public education.

Metro Nashville Public Schools and the Nashville Public Education Foundation recognized 24 public school teachers and one Pre-K educator as 2025 Blue Ribbon Teachers at a ceremony on Thursday.

Metro Nashville Public Schools announced plans for a districtwide review of school start and end times.

Nashville’s newest public charter school, The Rock Academy, is set to open next fall as Tennessee’s first “opportunity charter school,” a model dedicated to re-engaging at-risk youth who have faced significant barriers to education.

As a senior at Memphis Rise Academy who wants to become a pediatric registered nurse, I have learned that success after high school is about having the right support and opportunities when you need them – from family, counselors, and teachers.