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Knoxville Focus for July 14, 2014

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Click here to view this week's Focus. Race to the top Part 4: Data Mining By Sally Absher By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com A particularly troubling aspect of the RTTT scheme is the emphasis on massive data-collection on students, and the sharing of that data for...

Knoxville Focus for July 7, 2014

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Click here to view this week's Focus. Race to the top Part 3: Teacher Evaluations By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com Some say it is just bringing transparency and accountability to the teaching profession. Others have called it a war on teachers. One thing is...

Knoxville Focus for July 30, 2014

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Click here to view this week's Focus. Race to the top Part 2: Assessments By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com When most people think of Race to the Top (RTTT), they think of Common Core. But national, common assessments are perhaps a larger and more insidious part...

Knoxville Focus for Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Knoxville Focus for Tuesday, May 27, 2014

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Click here to view this week's Focus. School Board budget may not get approved By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com A combined meeting of the Knox County Commission and Board of Education Tuesday night at Ijam’s Nature Center saw the school board continuing to push...

Knoxville Focus for Monday, May 19, 2014

Knoxville Focus for Monday, May 19, 2014

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Click here to view this week's Focus online. Haslam signs ‘Tennessee Promise’ into law Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam held a ceremonial bill signing at Fulton High School last week for HB 2491/SB2471, the “Tennessee Promise.” The historic proposal, which was approved...

Knoxville Focus for May 12, 2014

Knoxville Focus for May 12, 2014

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Click here to view this week's Focus. Rountree Defeats Trainor in School Board Race By Focus Staff The first round of voting in the races for the Knox County Board of Education is over and there will be at least one new fresh fresh face sitting on the Board come...

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