by design | Apr 25, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher The U.S. News and World Report released the 2016 U.S. News Best High Schools ranking and four top performing Knox County High Schools made the list. L&N STEM Academy—with a College Readiness Index (CRI) value of 61.9—ranked number 6 state-wide and...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 24, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Recently, there has been a rash of threats in our schools. It seems like every passing day, someone has threatened to blow up a particular school or there is some other threat of serious violence. Superintendent Jim McIntyre simply murmurs some vague...
by Ray Hill | Apr 24, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Willis Robertson has been gone for almost forty-five years, but for decades he was an important figure in Congress and a member of perhaps the most genteel political machine in the country. Today, if he is remembered at all, it is because he was the father...
by design | Apr 24, 2016 | Absher, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Sally Absher McIntyre to Head Center for Educational Leadership KCS Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre, who will be stepping down from his $227,256 position in July, has been hired to head the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Tennessee. He will...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 24, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Alex Norman On Saturday, April 16th, Tennessee concluded spring practice with the annual Orange & White Game. The Orange defeated the White 70-63 with a scoring system even the brightest minds at M.I.T. could not master. Many of the announced crowd of more...
by design | Apr 18, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson It should come as no surprise that we often make judgements on appearances. We do this even though we know magazine cover-girls with airbrushed perfection aren’t real. Similarly, the facades of movie stars are often a far cry from their true...