by design | Mar 21, 2016 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore When my children were youngsters in elementary school, they would hurry home to watch TV. They didn’t watch Lost In Space, The Twilight Zone, Hogan’s Heroes, or Gunsmoke. They watched a program for children narrated by a laid-back, soft-spoken...
by Joe Rector | Mar 21, 2016 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I went to visit Farragut High School on Thursday afternoon a couple of weeks ago for a concert band festival. My brother Jim, who is helping the band in Lenoir City, asked me to drop by so the kids could see his twin. A prior engagement prevented me from...
by design | Mar 21, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher It’s Budget Time for the Board of Education The Knox County Board of Education will hold its mid-month work session on Wednesday, March 23, at 5 pm in the Boardroom on the first floor of the Andrew Johnson Building (912 Gay Street). This month’s...
by design | Mar 21, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher That is the directive on the TNReady test. Teachers are forbidden to look at or talk about the tests. And parents are certainly not allowed to see the tests! You just have to trust that everything lines up with the standards and the curriculum, the way...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 20, 2016 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major Mother Nature is putting on a show! She is covering winter’s drab canvas by weaving a tapestry of beauty. Only days from the official start of spring, the earth is bursting forth with new life and new growth. Driving down the highway, we seemed to...
by Joe Rector | Mar 14, 2016 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Maybe our memory banks dredge up selective events as we grow older. My work buddy Steve and I were talking the other day and began recalling some of the things that occurred during our years in elementary school. They came flooding back in living color...
