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The News Sentinel’s weekly print section discusses all things education — with your input. This week: "Homeschooling: Reasons vary on teaching at home." Also this week, "Exchange program allows families to experience another culture in their own home ." Area high school students review "Match Point" and "Unbelievable" in "What textme teens are reading this summer." This week's print edition of the News Sentinel has highlights from last week's online conversations in "Weekly poll & discussion from schoolmatters.knoxnews.com." Pick up a copy of Tuesday's News Sentinel to see if YOU are quoted and join in the conversations here.

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Vic Spencer added a discussionyesterday

I Found The Method Used To Dumb Down Our Children - "Teaching To The Test"!

People, I discovered how this was AND IS done to this date!!! State tests to evaluate our children's scholastic standing were available in a number of different forms and "strengths" for several decades. You could buy the practice tests for a spec...

Vic Spencer replied to Jamey Dobbs's discussion 'From TEA: Charter Schools bill up in Senate, Tennessee public schools at risk'yesterday

Debi, I would not go that far. They seem to have non-compatible bits and pieces that get audited. However, nothing exists like in public corporations, that allows a shareholder (same as us as tax payers) to find out pretty much anything about oper...

Debi replied to Jamey Dobbs's discussion 'From TEA: Charter Schools bill up in Senate, Tennessee public schools at risk'yesterday

Changing the accounting method sounds as if it needs to be done because if what Vic is reporting is true (and I believe him) that KCS cannot give a complete accounting of transactions, they are in violation of GAAP. So either KCS is lying when the...

Vic Spencer replied to Jamey Dobbs's discussion 'From TEA: Charter Schools bill up in Senate, Tennessee public schools at risk'on Friday

Granma2, we are not going to have anywhere near 95% agreement on the great majority of things. Charter Schools have been approved. They are aimed at low performing areas. I hope that this will be changed so that they can be established anywhere wh...

Bob Hunter replied to Lola Alapo's discussion 'Improper contact nets Halls teacher suspension; keeps tenure'on Friday

Cathy, Wish things were still more like what you described and less like it really is..........

cathymccaughan replied to Lola Alapo's discussion 'Improper contact nets Halls teacher suspension; keeps tenure'on Friday

In all fairness, my mother was good friends with one of my teachers and I spent as much time at her house as she spent at mine. My grandmother was a teacher who took food to students whenever the family had a new member or experienced a loss. Even...

Bob Hunter replied to Lola Alapo's discussion 'Improper contact nets Halls teacher suspension; keeps tenure'on Thursday

Cathy, We have been advised in the business world that any contact beyond a handshake is wrong regardless of how long or strong a griendship might be - this is because of frivilous lawsuits. I certainly agree that there is inappropriate behaviors ...