2018 Archives for K-12 Education

  • Knox County school board workshop
    2018 Revue: School Board Battles
    The most contentious Knox County Schools budget in years precedes an electoral shift on its governing body.
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  • Joint Education Committee
    Basic Facts
    A crash course in the state’s formula for school funding highlights challenges for Knox County.
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  • Tennessee State Capitol Building
    Voucher Battle Looms
    A resolution on tonight's Knox County school board agenda is an opening salvo in a fight headed for the state Legislature.
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  • Career Magnet Academy
    Revamp, Phase Out or Shut Down?
    Knox County Schools’ ambitious Career Magnet Academy hasn’t fulfilled its promises. The school board has to decide what to do about it.
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  • State Report Card graphic
    Making the Grade
    Tennessee revamps its State Report Card with user-friendly data on school performance. But what to do with it?
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  • School connectivity
    Can’t Get There From Here
    A report shows how hard it is for many Knox County students to safely walk to school.
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  • Early retirement plan
    Out and Back
    Knox County’s first-ever early retirement offer for teachers may create a new classroom workforce: part-time retirees.
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  • Responses from teachers
    Cultural Training Divides School Board
    A contract renewal comes with caveats after some teachers report negative experiences.
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  • Back on the Table
    After months of no movement, Knox County takes another look at TVA’s East Tower as a possible home for the school system’s Central Office.
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  • Charles Johnson of Pastors for Children.
    Preaching for Public Education
    A Texas pastor aims to help stop school voucher proposals in Tennessee.
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  • Knox County school board workshop
    ‘Basic’ Education
    As an ambitious Memphis/Nashville lawsuit moves forward, Knox County Schools watches and hopes for more state funding.
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  • A.J. Hotel rendering
    Whither the A.J.?
    Another delay for a $6 million deal to redevelop the Andrew Johnson Building, as the new county mayor decides whether to go ahead with it.
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  • Politicoachella poster
    Politicoachella
    A first-of-its-kind potluck brings together county, school, city and state officials to chew the fat.
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  • Energy consumption graph
    Cool Deal
    Energy efficiency may not be sexy, but it's cutting consumption and costs across Knox County Schools.
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  • School Board Ponders Social Media
    Social media has become a widespread means for schools and teachers to communicate with families, but Knox County Schools hasn't had a policy on how staff should use it. The school board will vote on proposed guidelines next week.
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  • Susan Horn and Terry Hill
    Hill and Horn at the Helm
    It would be too dramatic to call Wednesday night’s vote for Knox County school board chair the end of era, but the election of Terry Hill marked at least an evolutionary shift.
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  • Andrew Johnson Building
    Dispatches From the Divide
    Lynne Fugate and Amber Rountree were often opposing voices on a fractious school board. We talked to both of them before they left the board at the end of August.
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  • Andrew Johnson Building
    How It Works: Knox County Schools
    With 60,000 students and nearly 4,000 teachers in 88 buildings, Knox County Schools serves every community from Farragut to Five Points. Here's how the complex system works.
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  • Main Assembly Room
    Knox 2018: Knox County Schools
    The Knox County School Board is in something of a muddle. Three seats turned over in this year’s elections.
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