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New Blended Sentencing Law Could Send Hundreds of Youth to Adult System

Rebecca Cadenhead, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

“We are well past the time of ‘we need to rehabilitate our youth.’”

Despite Controversial Law, Few Failing Students Held Back

Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee

Gov Bill Lee's law was to " “stop the cycle of passing without preparation.”

State Budget Flags On Business Tax Breaks

Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout

State agencies may not get extra money they've requested.

Teachers Scoff at Bonuses In Gov. Lee’s School Voucher Plan

Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee

“It’s a one-time bonus that’s basically asking us to sell out our public schools."

TBI Program Would Test Sewage for Drugs

Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout

The $3 million project would use Covid-era methods to surveil high schools, dorms.

School Vouchers Are Back, With GOP Leaders On the Same Page

Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee

Next fall, 20,000 Tennessee students could get more than $7,000 for private school.