Tennessee
Tennessee schools: How much do teachers make in your district?
East Tennessee educator is the 2024 National Teacher of the Year
Rogersville City School teacher Missy Testerman was named National Teacher of the Year on April 3, 2024. She plans to encourage and uplift educators.
Tennessee ranked 44th in the nation for average teacher pay in the 2022-23 school year.
An analysis of teacher salaries across all 50 states and Washington D.C. from the National Education Association showed teachers earned an average of $69,544 in 2022-23. The association is the largest teacher’s union in the nation.
While Tennessee remains low on the list, it enacted a law in 2023 to raise the minimum salary for all teachers to $50,000 by 2026. The previous minimum was set at $35,000. However, data is not yet available for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years.
As of the 2022-23 school year, the average teacher salary in Tennessee sat just below $58,000, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Education. Teachers at Oak Ridge Schools in Anderson County topped the list with an average $71,510 salary that year. Grundy County Schools ranked last with an average of $48,077.
Wondering where your district lands? Here’s a searchable table to find out.
Average teacher salaries in your district
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Big hearts, small hands! Tennessee kids are stepping up to make a big difference this summer.
First Lady Maria Lee on Tuesday announced the eighth annual Tennessee Kids Serve Summer Challenge, encouraging young students to dedicate part of their summer to helping others.
The program, part of the Tennessee Serves initiative, runs from June 1 through Aug. 1 and is open to rising kindergarteners through rising sixth graders across the state.
Participants must complete at least two hours of service across two of eight designated categories to finish the challenge, with top participants earning an invitation to a September carnival at the Tennessee Residence.
Since its launch in 2019, more than 3,500 children have contributed over 15,000 hours of service through activities ranging from park cleanups to assisting nursing homes and raising funds for disaster relief.
Registration opened Tuesday, with parents and guardians able to sign up participants and access additional details through the First Lady’s official website.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A bill moving through the Tennessee Legislature could reshape how pharmacies do business in the state, with CVS warning it could lead to widespread store closures.
The Tennessee Senate has passed legislation that would change the way pharmacies can operate. The proposal has been dubbed “the CVS bill” because it directly impacts the drugstore chain.
Under the bill, drugstores would no longer be allowed to negotiate prices directly with insurance providers or government programs. Instead, a third party would be required to step in.
The bill is now under debate in the House. CVS says the change would force more than 100 of its pharmacies to close across Tennessee, but lawmakers disagree.
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