School Matters

A discussion of education in East Tennessee

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Jamey Dobbs

Federal data shows a third of states lowered achievement standards

Federal Researchers Find Lower Standards in Schools New York Times, By SAM DILLON Published: October 29, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009...

Started by Jamey Dobbs

0 Nov 2
Debi

Here are some questions you may want to ask your children’s Special Education Director...

...or the entire school board for that matter: 1. How are we obtaining assistive technology devices (PDAs, Smartboards, alphasmarts, netb...

Started by Debi

0 Sep 29
Lisa Starbuck

How Does Your School Rate?

I ran across this interesting web site called the "Education Consumers Foundation" that attempts to be an independent source of school ev...

Started by Lisa Starbuck

2 Sep 14
Reply by Sharon Harris
Doug McCaughan

Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event

This is the speech that has people up in arms. The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wak...

Started by Doug McCaughan

1 Sep 9
Reply by Cathy McCaughan
Debi

A 21st-century approach to teaching students with autism

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/news-by-subject/technologies/index.cfm?i=60490 A 21st-century approach to teaching autistic stu...

Started by Debi

0 Sep 3
Debi

Principal: CPS officials neglect disabled

http://www.chitowndailynews.org/Chicago_news/Principal_CPS_officials_neglect_disabled_students,28440 A Chicago Public Schools principal y...

Started by Debi

0 Jun 18
Jamey Dobbs

The purpose of education--Thomas Jefferson

To give every citizen the information he needs for the transaction of his own business; To enable him to calculate for himself, and to ...

Started by Jamey Dobbs

10 May 24
Reply by Vic Spencer
Cathy McCaughan

Best place in/near Knoxville for summer learning?

Since there are several votes for "other" in this week's poll, where do you go for educational "fun" in and around Knoxville?

Started by Cathy McCaughan

8 May 11
Reply by Ginevra
Doug McCaughan

Sex Education: I missed that day

CNN played a blurb today noting that The Day After Pill is now available to 17 year olds and older instead of 18 and older. I used it as ...

Started by Doug McCaughan

45 Apr 28
Reply by Bob Hunter
Cathy McCaughan

"Schools say budget involved 'pain,' assumes flat revenues"

From today's KNS - "McIntyre said the board focused cost cutting "mainly in administration and operational costs." The central office was...

Started by Cathy McCaughan

5 Apr 21
Reply by Cathy McCaughan
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