Added by Cathy McCaughan on December 21, 2008 at 6:00pm —
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Please R.S.V.P. to the
TAEE Day on the Hill by clicking here (
mailto:prekalliance@mpf.com ). R.S.V.P.
deadline: Feb. 15* On Wednesday, Feb. 27, the Tennessee Alliance for Early
Education, in partnership with United Ways of Middle Tennessee, will hold its
Day on the Hill for the 2008 legislative session. Members of the Alliance
will convene at the state Capitol to encourage legislative support
for expanding Tennessee's high-quality pre-K program. This is…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on January 31, 2008 at 1:38pm —
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on December 16, 2007 at 1:52pm —
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Late tonight, School Matters will be unavailable as Ning does some behind the scenes site maintenance. Don't worry. We'll be back up and running tomorrow morning. Sunday's News Sentinel editorials should give you plenty to think about while waiting for School Matters to return. If that doesn't inspire your opinions and ideas, think about the following.
The Knox County Board Of Education will conduct an extended work session from Sunday, Oct. 14 through Monday, Oct. 15 at the Dancing Be
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on October 6, 2007 at 1:00pm —
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on October 4, 2007 at 6:44pm —
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Until she starts posting here, make sure you have
Citizen Netmom on your list of daily must-reads. She asks the right questions and seeks out the answers.
Today, she writes about No Child Left Behind. Read the comments, too.
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on September 14, 2007 at 10:36am —
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The East
TN Commission on Children and Youth (ETCCY) is sponsoring two Town Hall meetings coming up in September. One is in Blount Co.
and the other in Sevier Co. The agendas are attached below. Here are the times and
locations of the two up-coming meetings:
It Shouldn’t Hurt To Be a
Child…How We Can Help
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
1:00 to 4:00
p.m.
1st United Methodist Church of Maryville
804 Montvale Station Roa…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on September 10, 2007 at 12:56pm —
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The School Matters site will be down from midnight tonight until tomorrow morning. Don't worry. You can come back on Sunday and resume discussing Superintendents, school calendars, standardized testing, curriculum, the new "Parent Portal" and everything directly and indirectly affecting education In East Tennessee. Have a great weekend!
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on September 8, 2007 at 7:15pm —
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Getting text messages from my teenagers when their school has been evacuated for a bomb threat or is under lock-down is frightening, but I take comfort in the
knowledge of what is happening. When our elementary school is
evacuated or goes into lock-down mode, I usually hear about it through the blog grapevine. This is less comforting, but I still feel better than I do when I hear after t…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 30, 2007 at 3:56pm —
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I give
this woman points for perseverance, but her choice of protest seems like something you would expect from a middle schooler and not a grown adult. The tone of the board member quoted in the article makes me think they still weren't listening. Do you feel like your input has any effect on decisions made by your school board member? Your PTA/PTO? If they are listening, what do they hear? Meetings, e-…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 25, 2007 at 4:56pm —
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A
University in Texas believes the solution to "the collapse of the American family and
society" which ties directly to parental involvement in schools and adolescent delinquency is to
teach women household skills. The
curriculum which is designed to teach women abou…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 24, 2007 at 3:06pm —
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Cumberland Education Advocates asks if we are willing to
give more money to schools? I ask if we can do more in other ways as well? Donating supplies? Spending more time in the school helping? Teaching our skills and expertise? Getting more businesses to sponsor schools? Are we doing our best?
Or - do you think you've done your share and other people need to step up? What if they can't or won't? How w…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 24, 2007 at 10:26am —
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In the UK, there have been proposals to discourage car riders and
encourage walkers. While I don't see this as a possibility here, I wonder how many families drive when they could walk. At our Kindergarten parent meeting last night I heard two mothers who live in the neighborhood directly behind the school commenting that they were both prefer driving their students for comfort reasons. Unless people created walking paths between h…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 22, 2007 at 3:41pm —
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Every time a
new member joins School Matters, I hop over and read the information they provide about themselves. Then, I play
six degrees in my head. Do I know that person? What is their school or community? Who do I know there? I like the idea that real live people who really care are reading, posting and commenting on School Matters in East TN. You know what els…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 22, 2007 at 12:02pm —
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I was really excited about our upcoming ability to make
online payments for school lunches until I was told that it will cost $1.95 for each transaction. That means it will cost my family about $8 every time I use it. I can send cash or pay by check for free. Very disappointing.
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 22, 2007 at 8:53am —
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 17, 2007 at 9:04am —
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Does anyone have statistics on where Knoxville's children go
after they leave high school?
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 16, 2007 at 7:57pm —
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After reading
this thread and the
comments in this thread, I am curious if you chose your school or just accepted whatever you are zoned to attend. I know that people consider the zoned school when they shop for a home, but as we've all learned, zones change. If you chose your school, was it based…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 16, 2007 at 5:00pm —
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The year has barely begun and there are already reports of
school bus accidents. The
stories never fail to make me feel sick even though I know that statistically, there are far more cars in accidents than school buses. It doesn't help me feel any better when I see cars ignoring the school bus "stop" sign. I am still trying to convince…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 15, 2007 at 11:21am —
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I just read an article listing
ten things children need to succeed in school. Although my children have extremely different personalities and different learning styles, I think we're doing okay on everything except (#8) following routines. We seriously need to get our back to school groove back. In our schools, I worry about (#4) emotional and social skills. I wonder how many children never learn to interact and sp…
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Added by Cathy McCaughan on August 12, 2007 at 8:18pm —
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