by design | Nov 15, 2015 | Absher, Archives, Columnist
By Sally Absher The banner at the top of the Knox County Schools website proclaims “Tennessee State Report Card Reveals Knox County Schools Achieves 90% High School Graduation Rate.” Admittedly, that is an improvement over the KCS graduation of 79.3% in 2008, and the...
by Ray Hill | Nov 15, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill For twenty-four years, Thetus W. Sims served West Tennessee as a member of Congress. Now almost entirely forgotten, he is a figure from a distant past. In fact, before his career was over, Sims was already becoming an antiquated figure, which helped to...
by design | Nov 9, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher After deferring it for several months, the KCS Board of Education spent considerable time during both their work session and regular monthly meeting last week discussing revisions to Policy GBG, “Non-Tenure,” only to reject the first reading of...
by design | Nov 9, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher The “Approval of a Services Agreement with The New Teacher Project Inc. (TNTP) to perform a literacy diagnostic at West Hills Elementary School at no cost to KCS” listed on Wednesday’s consent agenda generated some interesting discussion at last week’s...
by design | Nov 9, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher TN Ready Testing on an Empty Stomach? Last week local high schools began Part 1 of the New Improved TN Ready standardized end of course assessments for fall semester classes (despite it being about a month and a half from the end of the course). The...
by design | Nov 9, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It is a day set aside to honor America’s veterans. Veterans Day 2015 will be celebrated with parades, holiday sales, and many restaurants offering free meals for veterans. It is touching to see children hugging parents returning...
