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.

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.

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.

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

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

Just 11 percent of participating students tested proficient in math on state testing during the program’s initial 2022-23 year. That number rose to 19.5 percent in the 2024-25 school year.

The “Early Behavioral Intervention and Reporting Act” defines those signs as including students engaging in or being the victim of harassment, intimidation, bullying, making threats of violence, or exhibiting signs of substance abuse, mental health issues, self-harm, or suicidal ideation.

A 2024 study found 52 percent of college graduates were underemployed in their first year, meaning they held jobs that did not require a degree.

Marty LeBlanc says programs that would help prepare her students for a cybersecurity career are a good example of industries that don’t meet existing funding requirements.

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.

56 percent of the commission’s schools received either an A or a B letter grade, 7 percentage points higher than the state average.

Tennessee’s average composite ACT score of 19.3 in 2025 is higher than every other southern state with an estimated participation rate of at least 91 percent on the test.

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.

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

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.

The recommendation is the latest milestone for TSU’s financial recovery, following the General Assembly’s decision to oust the university’s prior Board of Trustees last 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.

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

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.

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.