by design | Feb 15, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Legislators Scramble to Address TNReady Test Problems Senate Education Committee Chairman Dolores Gresham (R-Somerville) and Senate Government Operations Committee Chairman Mike Bell (R-Riceville) have announced a joint meeting to look at...
by design | Feb 15, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Last week the State Department of Education acknowledged what many of us already knew – Tennessee is NOT ready for TNReady, the new online assessment. Despite numerous, repeated warnings that TNReady wasn’t ready for prime time, the State forged...
by Steve Williams | Feb 15, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
Football owed him one. The celebration he was wrongfully denied when his name wasn’t called as the winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1997 was replaced with an unexpected championship in Super Bowl 50. After 19 years, justice has been served for Peyton Manning. He can...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 15, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman As of press time, Peyton Manning had yet to make a decision as far as retirement. But it is hard to imagine that “The Sheriff” won’t ride off into the sunset now… Denver’s 24-10 dismantling of Carolina in Super Bowl 50 wasn’t Manning’s best...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 14, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knoxville News Sentinel has dutifully endorsed Grant Standefer (2nd District) and Rueben “Buddy” Pelot (5th District) for the Knox County Board of Education. They have also endorsed Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong’s opponent in the coming...
by design | Feb 14, 2016 | Absher, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Sally Absher Anyone who has ever done so knows that running for elected office can be stressful and demanding. We applaud all the candidates who have stepped up to run in the Knox County primary election March 1. Currently seen as the Fifth District...
