NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 13, 2015 – PublicSchoolOptions.org (PSO) today has launched a statewide radio campaign to help local families and students fight the unfair decision by state bureaucrats to close Tennessee Virtual Academy (TNVA) at the end of this school year. The 60-second spots are airing on nearly a dozen radio stations across the state. The new radio…
Parents Share Personal Stories, Thoughts and Concerns About Current Legislation OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 7, 2015 — Members of the Oklahoma Chapter of PublicSchoolOptions.org met Monday for an advocacy training, continuing their advocacy efforts for schools of choice in Oklahoma. PublicSchoolOptions.org is a volunteer-driven, parent-led advocacy organization that supports policies that create access to high-quality options…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 1, 2015 – As PublicSchoolOptions.org (PSO) continues to aid Tennessee families in their fight to prevent bureaucrats in the state Department of Education from closing the Tennessee Virtual Academy (TNVA), we are highlighting families who have chosen public virtual schools as the best fit for their children. For more information or to talk…
Told legislature in 2013 he would not use past results to judge virtual public schools, but only 1 year later ordered TN Virtual Academy to close NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 31, 2015 – A recently found video of a 2013 legislative committee hearing reveals former Tennessee Education Secretary Kevin S. Huffman broke his word to legislators regarding…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 25, 2015 – As PublicSchoolOptions.org (PSO) continues to aid Tennessee families in their fight to prevent bureaucrats in the state Department of Education from closing the Tennessee Virtual Academy (TNVA), we are highlighting families who have chosen public virtual schools as the best fit for their children. For more information or to…
Teachers Union Fought to Keep Parents out of Suit then Failed to Show up for Trial BATON ROUGE, La., March 23, 2015 – Last month, Louisiana parents were outraged when the Louisiana Association of Educators and the Iberville School District argued that parents should not be heard as a party to the lawsuit that will determine…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 18, 2015 – A recent poll by the Tarrance Group found an overwhelming majority of Tennessee registered voters oppose the closing of a public school based solely on results from the state’s standardized test. The same poll found voters were even more strongly against state legislators who supported such closings. A memo of…
355 students in committee member districts would be forced out of their school of choice NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 17, 2015 – An analysis by PublicSchoolOptions.org (PSO) has found as many as 355 students of Tennessee Virtual Academy (TNVA) who hail from the legislative districts of every state Senate Education Committee member could be forced out of their school…
State’s virtual public schools deserve same accountability system as brick-and-mortar schools NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 16, 2015 – PublicSchoolOptions.org (PSO) stands with all of Tennessee’s public virtual schools, their teachers, families and students in calling on state legislators to reauthorize and eliminate the sunset provision for Tennessee’s Virtual Public Schools Act. PSO also joins with a coalition of all…
Subjected to unfair accountability scheme, TNVA is only Level 1 school ordered to close NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 12, 2015 — Tennessee parents today filed a lawsuit to protect their children’s public virtual school, Tennessee Virtual Academy (TNVA), which has been illegally ordered to close at the end of the school year by the Tennessee Department of…