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Knox Prep emphasized in its charter school application that it hopes to educate a student population that they argue is not being well-served.

The governor and education commissioner want to create a fake crisis to make it easier to continue the privatization of public schools.

Why should Tennessee legislators be concerned about embracing a funding plan promoted by the same people who gave us Common Core?

History shows that unregulated school privatization will provide our neediest students with a substandard education while enriching private companies.

Tell Tennessee legislators that whatever funding formula they choose, it must include enough additional money to adequately fund our public schools.

View Comments A coalition of education advocates has called on the Knox County Board of Education to remove all police and sheriffs officers from school buildings, effective immediately.  In a letter to the board, the Knox County Education Coalition members said swift action is needed after Anthony Thompson Jr., a 17-year-old student at Austin-East Magnet High School, was shot and killed by police in one of the schools bathrooms.  "Police officers should not be readmitted to our schools unti...