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Senate Education Committee, 2/16: The “Nuke the TEA” Bill
If you didn’t catch the Senate Education Committee hearing today, go back and check out the video. On the agenda was the anti-union bill, SB0113, that I’ve written about a few times. To get a good...
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What Rep. Maggart Doesn’t Understand About Unions, or Education for That Matter
A week or two ago, Rep. Debra Maggart, who is responsible for the “nuke the unions” bill I may have mentioned before, wrote a letter to teachers in Sumner County. In it, she does a little Q & A...
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Right Bill, Wrong Time
So the news out yesterday (along with the lackluster State of the State speech by Governor Haslam) was that the TEA will not “adamantly oppose” Governor Haslam’s tenure legislation (h/t SCORE): The...
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Your One-Stop-Shop For Coverage of the Anti-Collective Bargaining Bill
Image courtesy of NPR and the AP Just in case you’ve missed the numerous reminders from myself and others, the anti-collective bargaining bill (which I’ve referred to as the “nuke the unions” bill...
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School Board Redistricting [UPDATED]
Take a look at the map [pdf] that was posted for new school district lines yesterday. There’s been a lot of ruckus about council lines, but there’s probably a minor storm brewing for School Board as...
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More School Board Redistricting [UPDATED]
UPDATE: I have a comment from someone in MNPS Administration that clarifies the situation, so I thought it needed to be in the text of the post: As it stands for PLAN A: JoAnn Brannon will go from...
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School Board Redistricting Under Plan B
Here’s the new Plan B [pdf] for school board redistricting, along with demographic info [pdf] for the new proposed districts. Short answer: This plan would put Ed Kindall and Sharon Gentry in the same...
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School Board Redistricting Under Plan C
… is, as far as I can tell, identical to the redistricting under Plan B (except high schools are now on the map). No huge surprises, except that the race for the open seat in the new District 7,...
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Statewide Pay for Performance
Given the reforms we’ve seen come down in Tennessee over the last two years, you can bet there are more on the way. For that reason, I offer a case study from Ohio this morning — might Tennessee be...
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Why I’m Running for School Board
Over the last few years, I’ve written a lot about education in Nashville, the state of Tennessee, and beyond. I’ve been involved in education in a number of different ways (teacher, volunteer,...
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