Education in Tennessee

Education in Tennessee covers public and private schools and related organizations from the 18th century to the present.

Its goal was to set up schools for freed slaves in Union-controlled districts in the western states.

It was most active in Tennessee, where, in 1865, its 123 white teachers provided manual and domestic training as well as academic instruction.

The University of Tennessee system operates four primary campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Martin, and Pulaski; a Health Sciences Center in Memphis; and an aerospace research facility in Tullahoma.

[13] The Tennessee Promise was created as part of then-governor Bill Haslam's "Drive to 55" program, which set a goal of increasing the number of college-educated residents to at least 55% of the state's population.