by design | Jun 29, 2014 | Absher, Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. Race to the top Part 2: Assessments By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com When most people think of Race to the Top (RTTT), they think of Common Core. But national, common assessments are perhaps a larger and more insidious...
by Mike Steely | Jun 29, 2014 | Archives, Steely
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Two routes are main arteries to the North Knox County region: one a main highway and one a local byway with a connection to history. One is Rutledge Pike, which shoots off of Magnolia and runs as Highway 11W through upper East...
by Ray Hill | Jun 29, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Edward Hull Crump, in partnership with U. S. Senator Kenneth McKellar, began his domination of Tennessee politics in 1932. Crump was then a member of Congress, although he served for only four years. The Memphis Boss announced he would not be a candidate...
by Steve Williams | Jun 29, 2014 | Archives, Williams
By Steve Williams Berean Christian School’s Anna Mershon, taking advantage of the TSSAA’s co-op program, experienced a state softball championship as a sophomore two years ago and almost got to enjoy another one this past spring. Since Berean Christian does not...
by design | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m not a beach person like the Johnson side of my family. I identify more with the Psalmist who said, “I look unto the mountains, from whence cometh my strength.” Yet, I find myself at the beach again this year with our extended family and count...
by design | Jun 23, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com Until this year, most people had never heard of “Common Core.” Touted as uniform, higher academic standards in English/Language Arts (ELA) and math across all the states, who could be opposed? Yet Common Core State Standards have...
