Tennessee Charter Schools Association

The days are long for Bailey Middle School teacher Leticia Skae, and now she's adding even more work to her already heavy load.

The seventh-grade teacher is at school 10 hours a day — coming in an hour early and leaving an hour late — to make sure she has time ... Read More

As if getting a coveted spot in one of Metro's three academic magnet schools didn't cause enough nail-biting, this year fewer students will qualify because of a change in state testing.

To qualify for admission to Hume-Fogg High, Martin Luther King Highor Meigs Middle,... Read More

This is an op-ed piece that I ran today on the print education page that I put together each week for the AJC. (Please send me your op-ed ideas or your written pieces for consideration, 500 words or 850. The page is formatted so those are the two working lengths. )

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Well in advance of its official release, the education film “Waiting For ‘Superman’”has attracted a level of attention that could make it one of the year’s most-watched documentaries—and one of the most contro... Read More

The New Orleans school system has been almost completely remade since Hurricane Katrina hit five years ago: Test scores are climbing, new charter schools are opening all the time, and facilities are being upgraded.

But one thing has changed little... Read More

Michiganders are welcoming a first-in-the-nation — a public charter school that trains high-schoolers for careers in the aviation industry.

And youths in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City are being instructed on the importance of civic responsibility and leadership at <... Read More

The City Council slashed $57 million from its annual contribution to Memphis City Schools two years ago but put no money aside in case of unfavorable court rulings in its dispute with the school district.

Instead, the council delivered a property-tax-rate reduction to citizens and i... Read More

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Memphis officials were left to ponder Wednesday how to pay a bill that could reach $57 million after the Tennessee Supreme Court declined to hear the city's appeal over school funding.

With its decision, the Supreme Court essentially agreed with rulings by two lower courts that ... Read More

(CBS)  CBS News was at Washington D.C.'s E.L. Haynes Charter School got the good news, reports CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes.

"The good news is that D.C. won the big grant called Race to th... Read More