Two long-term Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) executives have announced they will be leaving the department in the coming months. This announcement comes on the heels of Commissioner Penny Schwinn’s June 1 resignation.
Eve Carney, TDOE deputy commissioner, and Meghan McLeroy, TDOE’s chief statewide support officer, have served the department for over a quarter of a century. Along the way, they have earned accolades and appreciation from the state’s educators.
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Tennessee lawmakers took a step towards changing the focus of the state Achievement School District (ASD) on Wednesday by passing HB O692 out of the state House Education Administration Committee. They did so over the objections of the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE).
The bill, should it become law, strips the TDOE of the ability to contract with private entities to run schools identified as low performing, and the ability to take over the administration of those schools. The bill further requires that the state department of education create and administer a Tennessee education portal that provides individual school districts with access to educational support and notifies districts of educational grant opportunities. While the bill prevents the TDOE from contracting with charter school operators to run schools, it does ensure that all current contracts are honored.
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Tennessee lawmakers questioned Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) representatives after they revealed the low percentage of state high school students who were proficient in math.Â
Tennessee’s Deputy Commissioner of Education Eve Carney and Assistant Commissioner of Academic Strategy Christy Wall appeared before the State House Education Instruction Committee this week to talk about upcoming math instructional strategy for Tennessee schools.Â
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The Tennessee State Board of Education (SBE) held a special meeting on Thursday to approve rules written by the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) governing the state’s new third-grade retention law. However, the board voted to defer passage until the next board meeting.
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