Breakdown on HB1/SB1 – Governor Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Act of 2025
On Nov 6th, Tennessee’s Education Freedom Act of 2025—HB1 by Rep. William Lamberth and SB1 by Sen. Jack Johnson—was filed in the General Assembly, with Governor Bill Lee calling it a game-changer for school choice in our state. But what’s really in this bill? Join me as I break down the details and uncover some […]
The Conversation (Episode 1): Getting to the basics of the school choice debate.
At the core of Tennessee Stands is a mission to get our fellow Tennesseans to see beyond the headlines on every issue that we face politically. Fancy taglines and the bits and pieces we might get from quick news hits and social media posts almost never give us a complete picture of what is really […]
The real cost of school choice is beginning to become more evident.
Tennesseans are still waiting on a final draft for legislation implementing Governor Bill Lee’s big push for school choice here in Tennessee. In the meantime, national special interest groups like Americans for Prosperity and the American Federation for Children are busy pushing the narrative that parents deserve a choice in educating their children. Of course, […]
Continuing the school choice debate.
National pundits continue to parrot the talking points for school choice stating that no regulations are going to follow the money. But, they can cite no historical examples where regulations do not follow government funding. In an interview with the Pampleteer in Nashville, Corey DeAngelis, a self-professed school choice evangelist, acknowledges that school choice is […]