S02E13 - Rural is National an Interview with Representative Mark White District 83 of Tennessee

Today's episode interviews Representative Mark White District 83 representative to the Tennessee General Assembly. Representative White serves as Chair for the Education Administration Committee and has served on several committees related to education. He is also the Director, College of Leadership and Public Service Lipscomb University. In this interview, we discuss policy, budgetary challenges, and rural Tennessee's uniqueness to meet the ever-changing challenges of rural education. We talk about how county school districts can intersect with legislation and appropriate methods for dissemination. We talk about the fiscal responsibility to new legislation and how many initiatives may lack the financial means to address. Representative White suggests funding should be weighted toward kindergarten to third grade. The hosts discuss the need for an office of rural education at the national level. Representative White proposes the need for liaisons to help address local issues on the national level to help facilitate discussion. https://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/H83.html This episode was sponsored by WinLearning.