by design | Mar 30, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher BEP Funding Lawsuits Officially Begin. Superintendents from Knox, Hamilton, Davidson, and Shelby Counties met with Gov. Haslam last week hoping to avoid a potential inadequate funding lawsuit against the State of Tennessee. It’s no secret that...
by design | Mar 30, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher The General Assembly continued hearings on voucher bills last week. HB1049 (Dunn) (SB0999 by Gardenhire) was in the spotlight as the House Education Planning and Administration committee continued hearings from the prior week. If you can’t attend these...
by design | Mar 23, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com Knox Teachers travel to Nashville to meet with Legislators. A group of local teachers, including Lauren Hopson, Amy Cate, Linda Holtzclaw, Sherry Morgan, Christina Graham, and Gloria Johnson spent part of their...
by design | Mar 23, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Parents and teachers are beginning to recognize the negative impact that high-stakes testing has on education. They see the billions of public tax dollars going to Pearson and others in the testing industry. They see discouraged teachers resigning in...
by design | Mar 16, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher With the 109th General Assembly well underway, there is good, bad, and ugly with regard to education bills. First the good: HB0036 (Dunn)/SB0285 (Briggs) removes the requirement that the local education authority (LEA) must include student scores in a...
by design | Mar 16, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Year Round School. The school-wide meetings are underway regarding a proposed Year Round (or “Balanced”) Calendar. The list of meetings can be found here: http://www.knoxschools.org/domain/4273. Note that many of the meetings are already over, and...
