Replacing Tennessee’s outdated 30-year-old funding formula with the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) formula will support greater academic achievement, represent a bigger and better investment in students, and advance college and career readiness.
SCORE’s new public district-level dashboard outlining ESSER spending across the state is designed to help Tennessee school leaders as they look forward and update ESSER spending plans. Here’s a look at the dashboard and related brief.
Students who complete the FAFSA are more likely to enroll in a postsecondary institution. And with more than half of jobs in Tennessee requiring education beyond high school, school districts in Tennessee recently took innovative approaches to increase FAFSA completion and put more students on the path to college.
Tennessee needs a new way of funding schools that better reflects our high academic expectations, ensures that students who need additional support actually get more state and local resources, and provides more transparency about education spending.
A new report from the Diverse Learners Cooperative highlights the financial challenges schools face in supporting students with disabilities. Part 2 of our look at the report explores how funding reform can help these students reach their full potential.