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In 2014, the Tennessee General Assembly created the Tennessee Promise, which allows in-state high school graduates to enroll in two-year post-secondary education programs such as associate degrees and certificates at community colleges and trade schools in Tennessee tuition-free, funded by the state lottery, if they meet certain requirements. [13]
While Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Virginia all cashed in as lower than Tennessee to be middle class, the state did beat out North Carolina and Georgia. For all of the ...
A literature review by Wilson (2002) [26] noted that results from the Tennessee STAR study, a large-scale randomized experiment in grades K-3, showed that grade retention was lower for students in small classes: 17% of students from small classes were held back, compared with 30% and 44% respectively from ‘regular’ and ‘regular plus aide ...
The first cohort of the program began their classes in fall 2015. The increase in attendance at Tennessee's two-year institutions as a result of TN Promise is estimated to be on average 40%. [5] The TN Promise program received nationwide attention with the states of Oregon, Rhode Island, and New York since creating similar programs. [6]
(The Center Square) – The first bill introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly would put school choice before lawmakers in 2025. Sen. Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, and Rep. William Lamberth, R ...
Chairman Mark White, R-Memphis, presents a 39-page House omnibus amendment to Gov. Bill Lee's statewide Education Freedom Scholarships school choice proposal during a meeting of the House K-12 ...
The Tennessee state legislature has approved a state budget that includes $144 million to create a statewide school voucher program, which is no longer on the table for implementation this year.
The Fort Campbell Army base straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The school is physically located in Tennessee, but is not a member of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, the state's governing body for interscholastic activities. It is instead a member of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association.