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The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) is the state education agency of Tennessee. It is headquartered on the 9th floor of the Andrew Johnson Tower in Nashville. [1] Lizzette Gonzales Reynolds is the current Commissioner of Education. She has held that position since June 29, 2023.
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]
The average teacher experience is 13.0 years at the elementary level, 11.5 years at the middle school level, and 14.0 years at the high school level. A total of 39.83 percent of MNPS teachers have a bachelor's degree, 36.67 percent have a master's degree, 18.81 percent have Master's plus, and 4.6 percent have a doctorate degree. [citation needed]
Tennessee’s Commissioner of Education Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds watches a commercial video on Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Freedom proposal at Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday ...
Wilson County Schools (WCS) is a K–12 school district in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States.The district enrolls nearly 20,000 students [1] and over 1,100 teachers [2] at ten elementary schools, three K-8 schools, four middle schools, and five high schools.
Tennessee's controversial new law that lets teachers carry guns in schools has experts questioning how it can be safely enacted.
A 1999 Tennessee state study of Tennessee schools found that McMinn County Schools teacher salaries were 110% of the state median (and Athens City teacher salaries were 122% of the state median), on a Tennessee Teacher Cost Index basis, ranking it in the top 17% in the state. [15] Parkinson became the head of the school system in 2018. [6]
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee advanced a proposal Tuesday to allow some teachers to carry handguns on public school grounds, a move that would mark one of the state’s biggest expansions of ...