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ASD Flexibility Announcement Shows Commitment to Consistency in Time of Transition
NASHVILLE, TN — Today, the Achievement School District announced its decision to extend a year of ...
A Stimulus Plan that CARES for Tennessee’s Children
At TennesseeCAN, we work on a wide range of policies meant to improve educational opportunity and qu...
2020 Legislative Highlights
The 2020 legislative session was interrupted and impacted greatly by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the...
For Our Schools and Students – The Hard Work Has Only Just Begun
Earlier this year, we set forth a series of recommendations on the best use of federal funds to addr...
TNCAN Statement Covid-19 Causing Tragedy of Historic Proportions For Our Kids
Nashville, TN--- Today, Victor Evans, Executive Director for TennesseeCAN released the following sta...
2021 Legislative Highlights
After a year plagued by Covid, the 2021 legislative session saw the passage of monumental legislatio...
2022 Legislative Highlights
With the Tennessee General Assembly recently concluding its business, the 2022 Legislative Session S...
TennesseeCAN Statement on 2022 NAEP Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Today, Victor Evans, Executive Director for TennesseeCAN, released the following ...
2023 Legislative Highlights
After the 2022 legislative session brought a brave commitment to school funding reform, the 2023 leg...
New Survey Reveals Tennessee Parents’ Perspectives on School Quality and Engagement
Today, TennesseeCAN, a nonpartisan, nonprofit K-12 education group working to ensure that every chil...
New Survey Reveals What Tennessee Parents Want For Their Kids’ Education
Changing our world for the better starts by listening. By elevating the voices of parents across our...
2024 Policy Wins
In 2024, TNCAN continued to work to create more educational opportunities for students across our st...
2024 Nation’s Report Card Shows Tennessee Outpaces National Average in Reading and Math
The 2024 Nation’s Report Card showed Tennessee is for the first time outpacing the nation and perf...
TennesseeCAN Praises Legislature for Passing Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Act Statewide School Choice Program Empowers Students and Families
Today, the Tennessee Senate and House passed HB 6004/SB 6001 – The Education Freedom Act. This new...
TennesseeCAN Releases 2019 Policy Report Card
TennesseeCAN released the 2019 Tennessee Policy Report Card, scoring our state on 26 education polic...
TennesseeCAN Statement on 2019 NAEP Results
Today, Victor Evans, Executive Director for TennesseeCAN, released the following statement in respon...
TennesseeCAN Releases Results of 2019 Statewide District & School Leaders Surveys
TennesseeCAN released the 2019 results of its annual surveys of statewide K-12 District Leaders and ...
Education Reform Candidates See Solid Wins in State Primary Elections
StudentsFirst Tennessee lauded the results of last night’s state primary elections, where at least...
TennesseeCAN, formerly StudentsFirst TN, releases first annual Tennessee Education Snapshot
Education Snapshot release marks official launch of TennesseeCAN statewide operation.
TennesseeCAN: Bold vision, new name
Over the past several months we have seen many exciting developments through our merger with 50CAN, ...
Solid Majority of Tennesseans Support Opportunity Scholarships
More than six in ten Tennesseans support giving taxpayer-funded scholarships to children in the stat...
TennesseeCAN Releases Results of Statewide District Leader Survey
The 2017 results of  TennesseeCAN’s annual survey of statewide Tennessee superintendents are in. ...
Results of 2017 Statewide School Leader Survey Released
The 2017 results of TennesseeCAN’s annual survey of school leaders from across the state shed impo...
TennesseeCAN Releases 2017 Policy Report Card
Today, TennesseeCAN released the 2017 Tennessee Policy Report Card, which analyzes 25 education pol...
Change Agent Pilot Program Empowers the Next Generation of Education Policy Leaders
On Tuesday, February 6th and Wednesday, February 7th, Memphis-area middle and high school students p...
TennesseeCAN Statement on 2017 NAEP Results
In response to today’s release of the 2017 National Assessment for Education Progress (NAEP) resul...
2018 Legislative Highlights
Our organization’s 2018 Legislative Agenda was largely successful, and the passage of four notable...
Summit Highlighted Opportunities for Change in Education
On Thursday, August 23, business leaders, education advocates, and policymakers from across the stat...
All Tennessee Students Deserve Opportunity
Your ZIP code should not determine your future.
But for far too many students in our state, that ...
2019 Legislative Highlights
The TennesseeCAN 2019 Legislative Session Summary highlights the successes of our organization’s 2...
Statement on Charter School Authorizer Announcement
Victor Evans, Executive Director of TennesseeCAN, issued the following statement today in response t...
TennesseeCAN Launches New Website New Era for Ed Policy
Today, TennesseeCAN launched a new website, tn-can.org, in order to share resources that help empowe...
National Team
ASD Flexibility Announcement Shows Commitment to Consistency in Time of Transition
NASHVILLE, TN — Today, the Achievement School District announced its decision to extend a year of ...
A Stimulus Plan that CARES for Tennessee’s Children
At TennesseeCAN, we work on a wide range of policies meant to improve educational opportunity and qu...
2020 Legislative Highlights
The 2020 legislative session was interrupted and impacted greatly by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the...
For Our Schools and Students – The Hard Work Has Only Just Begun
Earlier this year, we set forth a series of recommendations on the best use of federal funds to addr...
TNCAN Statement Covid-19 Causing Tragedy of Historic Proportions For Our Kids
Nashville, TN--- Today, Victor Evans, Executive Director for TennesseeCAN released the following sta...
2021 Legislative Highlights
After a year plagued by Covid, the 2021 legislative session saw the passage of monumental legislatio...
2022 Legislative Highlights
With the Tennessee General Assembly recently concluding its business, the 2022 Legislative Session S...
TennesseeCAN Statement on 2022 NAEP Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Today, Victor Evans, Executive Director for TennesseeCAN, released the following ...
2023 Legislative Highlights
After the 2022 legislative session brought a brave commitment to school funding reform, the 2023 leg...
New Survey Reveals Tennessee Parents’ Perspectives on School Quality and Engagement
Today, TennesseeCAN, a nonpartisan, nonprofit K-12 education group working to ensure that every chil...
New Survey Reveals What Tennessee Parents Want For Their Kids’ Education
Changing our world for the better starts by listening. By elevating the voices of parents across our...
2024 Policy Wins
In 2024, TNCAN continued to work to create more educational opportunities for students across our st...
2024 Nation’s Report Card Shows Tennessee Outpaces National Average in Reading and Math
The 2024 Nation’s Report Card showed Tennessee is for the first time outpacing the nation and perf...
TennesseeCAN Praises Legislature for Passing Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Act Statewide School Choice Program Empowers Students and Families
Today, the Tennessee Senate and House passed HB 6004/SB 6001 – The Education Freedom Act. This new...
TennesseeCAN Releases 2019 Policy Report Card
TennesseeCAN released the 2019 Tennessee Policy Report Card, scoring our state on 26 education polic...
TennesseeCAN Statement on 2019 NAEP Results
Today, Victor Evans, Executive Director for TennesseeCAN, released the following statement in respon...
TennesseeCAN Releases Results of 2019 Statewide District & School Leaders Surveys
TennesseeCAN released the 2019 results of its annual surveys of statewide K-12 District Leaders and ...
Education Reform Candidates See Solid Wins in State Primary Elections
StudentsFirst Tennessee lauded the results of last night’s state primary elections, where at least...
TennesseeCAN, formerly StudentsFirst TN, releases first annual Tennessee Education Snapshot
Education Snapshot release marks official launch of TennesseeCAN statewide operation.
TennesseeCAN: Bold vision, new name
Over the past several months we have seen many exciting developments through our merger with 50CAN, ...
Solid Majority of Tennesseans Support Opportunity Scholarships
More than six in ten Tennesseans support giving taxpayer-funded scholarships to children in the stat...
TennesseeCAN Releases Results of Statewide District Leader Survey
The 2017 results of  TennesseeCAN’s annual survey of statewide Tennessee superintendents are in. ...
Results of 2017 Statewide School Leader Survey Released
The 2017 results of TennesseeCAN’s annual survey of school leaders from across the state shed impo...
TennesseeCAN Releases 2017 Policy Report Card
Today, TennesseeCAN released the 2017 Tennessee Policy Report Card, which analyzes 25 education pol...
Change Agent Pilot Program Empowers the Next Generation of Education Policy Leaders
On Tuesday, February 6th and Wednesday, February 7th, Memphis-area middle and high school students p...
TennesseeCAN Statement on 2017 NAEP Results
In response to today’s release of the 2017 National Assessment for Education Progress (NAEP) resul...
2018 Legislative Highlights
Our organization’s 2018 Legislative Agenda was largely successful, and the passage of four notable...
Summit Highlighted Opportunities for Change in Education
On Thursday, August 23, business leaders, education advocates, and policymakers from across the stat...
All Tennessee Students Deserve Opportunity
Your ZIP code should not determine your future.
But for far too many students in our state, that ...
2019 Legislative Highlights
The TennesseeCAN 2019 Legislative Session Summary highlights the successes of our organization’s 2...
Statement on Charter School Authorizer Announcement
Victor Evans, Executive Director of TennesseeCAN, issued the following statement today in response t...
TennesseeCAN Launches New Website New Era for Ed Policy
Today, TennesseeCAN launched a new website, tn-can.org, in order to share resources that help empowe...
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