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ProPublica: 11 Black Children Were Arrested in Rutherford County, Tennessee, for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 24, 2021October 25, 2021

October 24, 2021October 25, 202106

ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio investigated a case that happened in 2016, when the police arrested 11young children for a crime that doesn’t exist. What...

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Tennessee: Top Vaccination Official Fired for Urging Teens to Get Vaccinated

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 14, 2021July 15, 2021

July 14, 2021July 15, 2021026

Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the top vaccination official in the Tennessee, was fired for encouraging teenagers to get vaccinated. She is a public health official who...

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Gary Rubenstein: Faking the ASD Story

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 19, 2021June 20, 2021

June 19, 2021June 20, 2021035

Gary Rubenstein has been following the tale of the so-called Achievement School District in Tennessee for a decade. It was started with $100 million of...

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Tennessee: State Supreme Court Will Review Voucher Case

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 5, 2021February 6, 2021

February 5, 2021February 6, 2021036

The Tennessee legislature passed a voucher law. It was declared unconstitutional by lower courts. However the State Supreme Court will revisit the issue. Voucher advocates...

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Tennessee: Why Do Failed Reforms Survive, Only to Fail Again?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 6, 2020December 7, 2020

December 6, 2020December 7, 2020040

In 2012, Tennessee created the “Achievement School District” (ASD) and promised that it would catapult the state’s lowest performing schools into high-performing schools. So confident...

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Mercedes Schneider: The Meteoric Rise, Fall, and Rise of a Reformer

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 15, 2020November 26, 2020

October 15, 2020November 26, 2020046

In a post from 2019, Mercedes Schneider reviewed the spectacular career of a TFA “reformer” who became a star in Nevada, briefly disappeared, then resurfaced...

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Tennessee: Why the Courts Rejected Vouchers

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 1, 2020November 26, 2020

October 1, 2020November 26, 2020038

This is an excellent and comprehensive explanation of why Governor Bill Lee’s voucher plan has been rejected by two levels of the state judiciary. Lee...

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Tennessee Court of Appeals Rejects Voucher Plan!

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 30, 2020November 26, 2020

September 30, 2020November 26, 2020030

The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision that Governor Bill Lee’s voucher plan is unconstitutional. The voucher plan was supposed to be...

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Chris Barbic, Founder of Failed “Achievement School District,” Returns to Tennessee

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 3, 2020November 26, 2020

September 3, 2020November 26, 2020039

Chris Barbic has returned to Tennessee to join its “charter school center.” Barbic, you may recall, launched the much-lauded Achievement School District in Tennessee, drawing...

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T.C. Weber: Tennessee’s Education Commissioner Has Two Jobs: Is That a Problem?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 1, 2020November 26, 2020

September 1, 2020November 26, 2020030

Blogger T.C.Weber, aka “Dad Gone Wild,” thinks there is something amiss in Tennessee. The State Commissioner of education Penny Schwinn is holding down two full-time...

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