by Steve Hunley | Oct 21, 2013 | Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley Despite some claims to the contrary, there are some things the Tennessee General Assembly needs to fix. Our superintendent of schools has loudly proclaimed his support for the evaluation system of teachers, which was enacted in Nashville. Frankly, Dr....
by Steve Hunley | Sep 29, 2013 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley According to information obtained by The Knoxville Focus through a Freedom of Information Act request, on July 17th, from 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero met with Knoxville Councilwoman Brenda Palmer. She also met with Knoxville...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 8, 2013 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley In his recent report to the Knox County Board of Education, Superintendent James McIntyre has raised the issue of having students evaluate teachers. Evidently the state has some new idea about allowing students to evaluate teachers and is dangling...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 25, 2013 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley The media barrage has begun and Superintendent of Schools Jim McIntyre is doing his best to spin the drop in ACT scores in Knox County. Like a stressed circus poodle, Dr. McIntyre is spinning, jumping, and barking that the results don’t mean a thing in...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 18, 2013 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley The Knoxville News-Sentinel has published yet again another of its predictable editorials, clamoring for the public to support our schools. The Sentinel was right about one thing, probably by accident. Expectations from the public from Superintendent...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 5, 2013 | Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley Ever since The Knoxville Focus started a weekly poll, the Knoxville News-Sentinel has been obsessed about our new feature. Within days of the first poll, Sentinel columnist Georgianna Vines was burning up my phone to quiz me about the poll. I was...
