Tennessee: State Supreme Court Will Review Voucher Case
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?
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...
Mercedes Schneider: The Meteoric Rise, Fall, and Rise of a Reformer
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...
Tennessee: Why the Courts Rejected Vouchers
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...
Tennessee Court of Appeals Rejects Voucher Plan!
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...
Chris Barbic, Founder of Failed “Achievement School District,” Returns to Tennessee
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...
T.C. Weber: Tennessee’s Education Commissioner Has Two Jobs: Is That a Problem?
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...
Peter Greene: Rhode Island is a Henhouse Controlled by Foxes
Peter Greene turns his attention to Rhode Island and finds that it has been subject to a corporate education reform takeover. Not only is the...
Tennessee: A District Opens in Midst of Surging Pandemic
The Washington Post reported this morning on a district in Tennessee that is opening for in-person instruction, even though the state is experiencing rising rates...
Tennessee: Plaintiffs File Amicus Brief in Voucher Case
This news just in from the Education Law Center about resistance to vouchers in Tennessee. Vouchers are a huge waste of public money. Studies in...