On the Fly presented by The TN Firefly
On the Fly is the bi-weekly podcast of the Tennessee Firefly, taking listeners further into the education stories we cover.
Episodes
U.S. Congressman John Rose discusses why he decided to run for governor in 2026, along with his views on the Education Freedom Scholarship, career and technical education (CTE), public charter schools, and how he'd handle the additional authority President Donald Trump hopes to provide states for education.
The Tennessee Nature Academy is starting its third year this week in Nashville.
The public charter school offers students a nature-based education model that founder Jay Renfro says includes what he calls risky (not dangerous) play. The school recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new location that will open on 23 acres of donated land in Cane Ridge next year.
We spoke with Renfo following the ceremony along with a mother a...
Educator Jeremy Sager has helped students in Memphis and Nashville achieve success. He believes the ‘Two-Educator Model’ of his proposed public charter school Novus SMART Academy (K-8) could do even more in Rutherford County if the Board of Education approves it Thursday.
House Education Chair Mark White, R-Memphis, discusses new legislation that will create a ten-member advisory committee appointed by state leaders to study the state’s testing and teacher evaluation systems, the academic requirements for career and technical education (CTE) students, whether schools should have a minimum number of required instructional hours, and the licensure requirements for teachers. That committee would begin ...
A bill that prevents Tennessee counties from switching from a primary to a caucus or convention for local partisan elections passed the State House last week and now heads to Governor Bill Lee's desk, despite opposition from Republican Party leaders.
We take a closer look at the debate, with comments from both supporters and opponents.
Students for Education is a student-led organization that started here in Tennessee in 2021 to help ensure Tennessee's youth have a voice in education policy.
Organization president and founder University School of Nashville Senior Brendan West joins us this week to talk about his organization and the bill it's advocating for that's on the path to passage in the Tennessee General Assembly.
This week two key committees will vote on Representative Mark White's legislation enabling state leaders to create a board of managers that would essentially have full authority over Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Both sides made made their case last week in Nashville and at a Memphis-Shelby County School Board meeting.
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs has known newly confirmed Education Secretary Linda McMahon for decades from his days as the professional wrestler Kane. He talked with the Tennessee Firefly shortly before her confirmation about why the former wrestling executive is the right person to lead the U.S. Department of education and tells the story of the night he performed a piledriver on her during a Monday Night Raw wrestling telecast.
Cookeville High School English teacher Heather Gates (second from the right in photo) and Martin Middle School science teacher Jody Hatler (far right in photo) are two members of this year's Teachers for Student Success cohort.
The annual advocacy and policy leadership development program is designed by Tennesseans for Student Success to empower educators from around the state with the knowledge and tools necessary to enact edu...
This week LEAD Public Schools is scheduled to see its legal challenge of a controversial school rezoning plan heard in a Nashville courtroom.
LEAD operates LEAD Cameron Middle School, one of the rare public charter schools in Tennessee that students are zoned to attend. The rezoning plan approved last year by the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education changes that by rezoning LEAD Cameron students to attend another middle...
Memphis State Representative Mark White chairs the House Education Committee.
Firefly contributor Steven Bergman sat down with him earlier this month to talk about Tennessee's education history and his thoughts on how to address the teacher shortage problem.
Chairman White also discussed his plans to push for state intervention in Memphis-Shelby County Schools following the school board's decision earli...
Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally named a former teacher, Senator Dawn White, to head up the Senate Education Committee Thursday morning.
Tennessee Firefly Contributor Steven Bergman sat down to talk with White about her goals for the new legislative session.
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