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Governor:Bill Haslam
Commissioner of Education:Kevin Huffman
Quality Counts state grade:C+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:987,422
Number of school districts:140
Number of public schools:1,784
Number of public school teachers:66,558
Unadjusted education spending per student:$8,117
Percent minority students:32.7%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:55.0%
Percent of students with disabilities:12.1%
Percent of English-language learners:3.0%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:29.5%
8th grade math:23.9%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:25.8%
8th grade reading:27.0%

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Each will receive $50,000 from the governors’ group to help find ways to keep students in school and bring back those who left.
January 5, 2010 - Education Week
Three districts and a charter school consortium will receive a share of $500 million to improve teacher effectiveness.
November 19, 2009 - Education Week
The pilot project includes a menu of options for students who have struggled in traditional settings.
June 12, 2009 - Education Week
Workers who cooperate with their employers’ internal investigations of discrimination may not be fired in retaliation for implicating colleagues or superiors, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week.
February 3, 2009 - Education Week
Education officials in Tennessee are poised to launch a major overhaul of its system for preparing principals, in a move aimed at improving the quality of the of school leaders.
December 5, 2008 - Education Week
The Nashville school district, in its first year under partial state control after failing to meet standards for five years in a row, is clashing with the city’s mayor, who is signaling a desire to run the schools.
November 17, 2008 - Education Week

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