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State House Education Committee Summer Study Agenda Includes Higher Ed Bills and TDOE Topics

September 27, 2019September 26, 2019 Laura Baigert

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The agenda for the two-day State House Education Summer Study released Wednesday includes five bills addressing higher education as well as topics related to K-12 education from the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE).

Commentary: Poverty & Education

March 3, 2017March 3, 2017 JC Bowman

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More than 16 million children are growing up in poverty, meaning that 22% of all children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level of $23,550 a year. Research has shown that children living in poverty have a higher number of absenteeism and dropout rates than those coming from middle class or higher.