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Podcast: The Tennessee Conservative
Episode: Rhonda Thurman: Getting Tennessee Kids Back In the Classroom
Description: Since the school shutdowns began due to the pandemic, learning loss and literacy in children have become hot topics in Tennessee. Reaching for academic excellence and accountability for teachers have fallen to the wayside, leaving children's education and futures in question. Many frustrated citizens feel the edicts issued from state and local levels are putting children in more danger than the virus ever could.In this interview with Hamilton County School Board District 1 Representative, Rhonda Thurman, we discuss these topics, along with the ineffectiveness of remote learning, actual educational costs, school budgets, school choice and mo...