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…
Subjected to unfair accountability scheme, TNVA only Level 1 school ordered to close Nashville, Tenn., March 11, 2015 – Despite seeing the best improvement in school performance trends of over 125 schools that received a Level 1 rating in each of the last three years, Tennessee Virtual Academy (TNVA), an online public school of Union County…
Texas Families Seek Common Sense Legislation for Virtual Education AUSTIN, Texas, March 11, 2015 — Today, organizers announced plans for a rally in support of virtual education at the Capitol. The rally, to be held this Thursday, March 12th, will be part of the Texas Chapter of PublicSchoolOptions.org’s 4th Biennial Day at the Capitol. Each…
Tennessee families fighting to keep school open because it’s demonstrating positive outcomes for children Nashville, Tenn., March 10, 2015 – PublicSchoolOptions.org (PSO) today said a review of the history of Tennessee Virtual Academy (TNVA) reveals a school that overcame difficult early years and achieved significant academic outcomes over the past year for its 1,300 children. The public school…