Speaker Beth Harwell expended significant energy and time to get state charter board approved More

MNPS chair sends letter to Huffman asking to meet Monday about proposed statewide charter panel More

The issue is expected to take off on Capitol Hill as soon as education officials and lawmakers tidy up details on how to outsource the local school boards’ responsibility to vet and approve charter schools to an outside agency. More

State law allows parents or teachers to boot management of their school and replace it with another More

Last fall Haslam charged 9-member panel with proposing ideal program for student vouchers More

A key point of contention on the nine-member board was which students would be eligible for vouchers More

Great Hearts dispute has turned partisan inside General Assembly, with Republicans defending move to withhold funds More

State Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman said the state had "no choice but to take this action" More

In Great Hearts case, education commissioner wasn’t mere observer but contemplated how group should appeal to state More

Of all Tennessee 2012 graduates, only 16 percent met all four ACT college readiness benchmarks   More