Saturday, April 30, 2005

TEA opinions on...

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I've made the TEA legislative report a weekly stop in my online surfing. Some of it is very predictable. Occasionally, it's enlight...

Caitlin Nolan: Never give in.

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ABC News has named 15 year old Caitlin Nolan of Oak Ridge their Person of the Week. Instead of remaining a victim of bullying Caitlin has m...

Field trip death: Knox County pays

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The legal issues are settled from this April '04 accident. The Knox County School system has agreed to pay a quarter million dollars to ...
Friday, April 29, 2005

Balancing privacy and parental concern.

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I was in the Senate Ed committe when SB0098 was heard on 4/20/05 and recommended for passage. This bill essentially says that anyone who i...

Charter Schools: moving through legislature

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This Tennessean's article has a few more details about the Senate Ed hearing on charter schools that took place Wednesday (4/27/05). ...
Thursday, April 28, 2005

Charter schools: It's for the children

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Also from the Jackson Sun is a note that Sen. Jamie Hagood got her bill on expanding the charter school rules through her Senate Educatio...

Pre-K passes House, Senate is next up.

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The House passed the Governor's Pre-K program with all the Democrats voting yes and 21 Republicans voting no for a final vote total of 7...
Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Aspiring for a government handout.

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U.S. Rep. Harold Ford, Jr., D-9th comments to an Oak Ridge, TN audience are related in this Oak Ridger newspaper item. "Ford feels t...

TBI: Crime on Campus report for 2004 is out.

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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's 2004 report of "all crimes reported on all the campuses of Tennessee's instutions of h...

Someone needs mental health screening, and I don't think it's the children.

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Highlighted in today's City Paper is the fight over screening children for mental health issues. “What is happening now in several stat...

PRE-K barrelling ahead: It's for the children, ya know.

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The number of 'at-risk' children is very small. However, there are several very powerful lobbying groups behind this push. Most make...

Adult 'needs' include the care of their own children.

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This quote from Metropolitan Nashville Public School Board Finance Committee chairman Kathy Nevell is just appallingly inconsiderate of fami...

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I hope that you'll find the information and comments here helpful. Education issues have been a part of my life since my own four childr...
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