The Tennessee Department of Education released statewide results from the 2025-26 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) on Wednesday, showing increases in student proficiency across multiple grade levels and subject areas.
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) announced Friday it has selected Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School student Hannah Said to serve as the next student member of the Metro Nashville Board of Education, placing a student who has pledged a “deep commitment to social justice” in a prominent advisory role on the district’s governing body.
She succeeds Hannah Nguyen, who graduated from John Overton High School in May.
Full-time Tennessee K-12 teachers are now eligible for reduced interest rates on home loans through an expansion of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency’s (THDA) Homeownership for Heroes program.
The program, which previously served veterans, active-duty military personnel, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and law enforcement officers, now includes full-time classroom teachers employed in Tennessee public and private schools.
Williamson County School District is facing backlash after holding high school graduation ceremonies in heavy rain.
Online videos surfaced last week showing Centennial High School and Franklin High School graduates sitting through heavy rainstorms and receiving their diplomas in the rain.
Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Tennessee Star, is calling for a major overhaul of Tennessee’s education system, arguing that decades of rising spending and bureaucratic growth have failed students and that the state should adopt Direct Instruction as the standard method for teaching reading, writing, and math in elementary schools.
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said a second Nashville school has acknowledged accommodations for Muslim student prayer, including a modified daily schedule, raising new legal and policy questions about how public and publicly funded schools navigate accommodations for religious observance during instructional time.
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