TN State Board of Ed

This is the official twitter feed for the Tennessee State Board of Education, the policy and rule-making body for PreK-12 public schools in TN!

[Joey Garrison @joeygarrison]

Nixon: "This decision has really been heavy on my heart ... But I think it's time after 44 years and five months."

[Joey Garrison @joeygarrison]

Gary Nixon, executive director of the Tennessee State Board of Education, has announced he will retire, effective Jan. 1.

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

Hamilton Co. and ASD piloted alternate eval model for administrators last year. This is approved on final reading.

[Luke Kohlmoos @lukekohlmoos]

Hoooooraaaay Physical Education Student Growth Model approved by @TN_SBE Thanks Tina Hall!

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

Approving alternative salary schedules for Rhea & Sequatchie Counties. Both reward effective and highly effective teachers w/ $$ increases.

[Jackie Zubrzycki @JZubrzycki]

.@TN_SBE is discussing an occupational diploma, says it's looking for school systems to pilot: http://t.co/Z7mlSgZ5z8

[Jackie Zubrzycki @JZubrzycki]

.@TN_SBE approves federal nutrition regs; schools can have fundraisers selling non-approed foods 30 days / year.

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

Bd member Wendy Tucker thanks @TNedu for work in developing occupational diploma rules for students w/ disabilities. Approved on final rdng.

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

Charter school authorizing policies approved on first reading. Thanks to @QualityCharters for their help and support!

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

.@JZubrzycki Just got word from @TNedu that there are none on the list.

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

WBL policy approved on first reading.

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

Work-based learning policy and rule are being updated to provide quality opportunities for WBL and meet safety and legal requirements.

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

New cursive writing standards, required in PC 781 approved on 1st reading. By 4th gr., kids will be expected to write legibly in cursive.

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

Preliminary list of mathematics textbooks approved on first reading. For a complete list, see http://t.co/gBOuiP6kI0

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

New instructional material review template approved on first reading.

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

Kicking off our meeting in just a few minutes! Live stream link --> http://t.co/oSBm7DSPyQ

[Grace Tatter @GraceTatter]

Now Erin O'Hara from @TNedu is going over math & chemistry test results

[Grace Tatter @GraceTatter]

Now for Teacher & Leader Evaluation update @TN_SBE meeting

[TN State Board of Ed @TN_SBE]

@parkerjosepha We will see if we can get the presentation from TN Book Company uploaded to our website.