Today Governor Haslam announced a long awaited raise in teacher pay. Or at least, has allocated the funds to provide for an increase in teacher pay Tennessee Ed Report breaks down why we shouldn’t all start jumping for joy, at…
Yesterday Governor Haslam released a statement outlining four new initiatives designed to “support educators across the state” in response to our “direct feedback.” After casting my critical teacher eye on these proposals, I find many things to like. However, in my opinion some…
This week the Governor unveiled the first step in his “full vetting of common core,” an online portal where any Tennessean can provide comments on the standards English or Math in any grade. I took some time to complete the…
Over the past several years, Governor Haslam has been one of the staunchest proponents of higher standards in Tennessee, specifically the Common Core State Standards. But that support seemed to falter this past Wednesday when the Tennessean reported that Governor…
Just because it’s fall break in Memphis doesn’t mean the news stops! Here are your edlinks for the past few days: Jane Roberts at the Commercial Appeal does a great piece on how charters that operate outside the ASD in…
