Featured Education Story
- October 23, 2026Amid record enrollment growth, UT-Knoxville is adding a 568-bed residence hall through the continued use of a public-private partnership.
K-12 News
- September 15, 2026The school system’s comprehensive plan to improve special education includes ambitious goals to serve a fast-growing subgroup of students.
- August 7, 2026With 9th District candidate Brandy Jenkins’ victory, the board’s Democrats will have a 5-4 majority.
- August 4, 2026The school board will have the last say in removing books from library shelves, and previously banned books will get a second look.
- July 22, 2026Serenity can be found even among snakes and bears on an overnight camping trip in the mountains of Unicoi County.
- July 7, 2026School board members complained they got no advance notice that revenues would be withheld, and that elected officials would get pay raises amid job and pay cuts.
Colleges and University News
- October 22, 2026Closed since the floods from Hurricane Helene two years ago, David Crockett Birthplace State Park is poised for renewal.
- October 9, 2026This weekend’s Cormac McCarthy Society Conference presents advances in research into the late author’s life and work.
- October 6, 2026Amid unprecedented admissions growth and rising graduation rates, UT-Knoxville is counting on online learning to accelerate its enrollment surge to 55,000 by 2030.
- September 23, 2026When tent camping in popular parks, encounters with human animals are unavoidable and fraught with social risks.
- August 18, 2026A cold plunge into a mountain pool provides a new perspective and straightens the spirit — as well as the innards.
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