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When 10 Black shoppers were killed at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket, allegedly by a white 18-year-old with a history of racist writings, history teacher Mary McIntosh didn’t know how to talk about it with her high schoolers in Memphis, Tenn.

Candidates are gearing up for the Aug. 4 Williamson County general election and Tennessee state primary.

Several candidates for the Williamson County Schools Board of Education met for a public forum on Zoom hosted by the League of Women Voters of Williamson County Tuesday night.

Williamson County Schools superintendent Jason Golden will keep his role through June 2026.

The WCS board of education gave almost unanimous approval of the contract and its one-year extension at its Monday meeting.

As folks in Florida--the steaming petri dish in which Moms for Liberty originally grew--it's important to remember the third founding member of the group.

Eric Welch today announced a slew of endorsements in his campaign for re-election to the District 10 School Board seat in Williamson County.

Welch is the incumbent representative for the 10th District seat on the Williamson County Schools Board of Education. He was first elected in 2010 and has served three previous terms on the school board, including an appointment by the County Commission in 2017 followed by another successful general election campaign in 2018. Eric’s children attended FSSD and graduated from WCS high schools, where he was active in the PTOs and Booster clubs including multiple leadership roles in these parent organizations.

Tennessee lawmakers have followed a similar page, particularly when it comes to books.

In June 2021, after state restrictions on race and bias teaching took effect, a parent group petitioned for the removal of “Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story” by Ruby Bridges. The book was published in 2009.

But some community members who registered to speak at the committee hearing, including parents and conservative advocates, said schools should steer clear of such issues. They described mental health services in schools, as well as surveys of students about their well-being, as government “overreach.”

“I want you to lead in education, not in solving mental health,” said Mary Lowe, chair of the Tarrant County chapter of Moms for Liberty, a national network of politically active groups opposing social-emotional learning and discussion of race and gender in the classroom. “I want you to respect parents and get back in your lane.”

Jadon Moore arrived at Ravenwood High earlier this month to discover a shocking statement typed into the username prompt of his computer.

It was was a racial slur. Strategically placed so he would see it.

One frustrating thing about The Tennessean is that it does such a great job of hiring talented writers, and then saddles them with stupid decisions they can do nothing about. Until they move on, or they’re laid off — then we all sit around hoping WPLN or someone else can scoop them up.

E-reader apps that became a lifeline for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war raging over books in schools and public libraries.

In several states, apps and the companies that run them have been targeted by conservative parents who have pushed schools and public libraries to shut down their digital programs, which let users download and read books on their smartphones, tablets or laptops.

Most Tennesseans are opposed to banning books, despite lawmakers' recent efforts to restrict what is available in school libraries, a new poll finds.