Opinion: Teacher Preparation Isn’t Broken. Our Approach to Policymaking and Advocacy Is

This fall, students in more than 400,000 classrooms across the country will be led by long-term substitutes or teachers not ...
The Journal

Teacher shortage at Cortez Middle School hurts student performance, staff say

Cortez Middle School staff told the RE-1 Board of Education during its Sept. 16 meeting that unfilled teaching positions and ...
WTVF

Nashville teacher resigns after investigation finds she taped a student to a chair

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — An investigation into a Metro Nashville Public Schools teacher found she taped a student to a chair multiple times as an act to discipline a first grade student. The teacher, ...

State law requires Tennessee public school teachers to teach gun safety starting in kindergarten

A separate state bill, passed in 2023, allows teachers to carry firearms in school as the “solution” to mass shootings.