by design | Jul 14, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery… unless it is AstroTurf. Artificial, orchestrated copycatting, especially when it is done for political reasons, is offensive. Last October, Halls third grade teacher Lauren Hopson’s speech to the School...
by Ralphine Major | Jul 14, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was an East Tennessee beauty whose photo was chosen as the winner. The Tennessee connection came when young Lois Wood entered a contest and won. The winner’s photo would be painted on a plane. Appropriately enough, the plane was named “Lovely...
by Joe Rector | Jul 14, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The brouhaha over Knox County Schools just keeps going. The school is led by a superintendent who has minimal experience in the classroom and is a numbers guy who cares most about the bottom line. The board of education seems unable or unwilling to put...
by Steve Williams | Jul 14, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams It’s 48 days until Tennessee’s 2014 season football opener. That’s the good news. The sad news is it’s been 2,417 days since Tennessee football was relevant. The last time the Vols lined up to play a game that really mattered on the national scene...
by Mark Nagi | Jul 14, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman People in the Southeast tend to take their college football a little bit too seriously. Case in point the annual SEC Media Days event in Hoover, Alabama. For four days, coaches and players from all 14 teams show up at the Wynfrey Hotel to talk about...
by design | Jul 13, 2014 | Absher, Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. Race to the top Part 4: Data Mining By Sally Absher By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com A particularly troubling aspect of the RTTT scheme is the emphasis on massive data-collection on students, and the sharing of that...
