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This week's edition of the Friday Flicker recaps a new concern for virtual schools, an important update on the appeal for what could be Dyer County's first public charter school, and the latest poll in the governor's race.

This week's Friday Flicker recaps our coverage of a possible disconnect between how schools value AI and how businesses value the technology. We also look at a new study that found charter school students are outperforming their peers and why a proposed charter school is getting a big boost fr…

Next month, the federal government is expected to unveil guidelines for a new program approved as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill that families can use to help with education expenses, including private school tuition. It’s called the Education Freedom Tax Credit, and more than a million student…

This week's Friday Flicker looks at a key difference between gubernatorial candidates Jerri Green and Sen. Marsha Blackburn regarding AI in the classroom. We also had positive news for choice schools in Tennessee. U.S. News & World Report named Rutherford County’s Central Magnet School the…

AI is becoming a more common tool in K-12 classrooms, and some universities are providing future educators with AI literacy. On this episode of On the Fly, gubernatorial candidate Sen. Marsha Blackburn discusses how she'd approach the technology if elected and what guardrails she'd like t…

This week we profiled the new Jackson Museum School.  It became the first public charter school to open in Madison County when students walked through its doors earlier this month. Founder Dr. Jean Little tells us the first day was exciting and a little emotional.  The Museum School will serve stud…

On this week's episode, we recap Thursday's Democratic and Republican gubernatorial primaries and take a look at a key issue that decided multiple House primaries and incumbents who lost.

Today, Tennessee voters will decide the primaries for every State House seat and odd-numbered Senate seats, along with the governor’s office.   Obviously, the governor’s race is attracting the most attention, especially on the GOP side, where cash and polling have dominated headlines lately. U.S. S…

This week, we began a weekly series of stories on AI in the classroom by focusing on how some Tennessee schools are using the technology.  In Nashville this summer, LEAD Public Schools held a three-week summer AI program for middle school students. They learned how to use AI as a useful thought par…