1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (464+ words) In the constantly changing world of education, virtual schools represent both innovation and controversy. In Tennessee, these public virtual schools use technology to teach students remotely and are managed by local education agencies (LEAs). While they seek to offer flexible…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (589+ words) From left to right, judges Isaac Deel, Tammy Kinser and Kathrine Hackler deliberate on the winners in the competition. GREENEVILLE " Entrepreneurship was on full display as 12 students and community members shared their impressive and well-developed ideas for businesses and products…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (409+ words) More than 50 high school students signed their letters of intent to pursue career pathways at Northeast State. BLOUNTVILLE " Northeast State celebrated the signing of career and technical education letters of intent by more than 50 high school students on April 16 during…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (797+ words) Attending the 1985 fundraising dinner for area rescue squads were (from left) Ken Cutshaw, Jim Henry, Don Sundquist, Gale Carpenter, and Bill Price. The Cherokee High School 1985 cast of the musical Grease. 1985 Disc Jockey Lynn Becker John Tunnell, winner of the…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (323+ words) Two Hawkins County students received i Pads and scholarships for their winning entries in the John Gamble Memorial Scholarship. From left are Sharon Greene, president of the Walters State Foundation; students Madison Gadbaw and Jaylynn Zink, and Dr. Saul Reyes,…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (735+ words) Spend enough time around public schools in Tennessee, and you notice a peculiar kind of d'j" vu. The names change. The binders get thicker or thinner. The Power Points get sleeker. But the feeling'the sense that something sweeping and urgent…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (152+ words) Braden Eidson will spend his summer at Harvard. JOHNSON CITY " Braden Eidson, a 2024 graduate of Cherokee High School and a Global Citizen Scholar in the Honor's Program at ETSU, has recently been chosen to attend the Harvard Summer Course Program…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (591+ words) If you have ever driven in Nashville traffic while being tailgated by a pickup truck and passed by a Prius going 95 miles per hour, then congratulations'you already understand American politics. Let's start with the world of education, where things have…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (510+ words) Katelyn Faircloth is one of many local students getting a head start on college by taking four dual enrollment classes at Walters State. MORRISTOWN " Walters State's Dual Enrollment Program is proving to be a good investment of time for area…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (516+ words) Everyone keeps talking about the teacher shortage. Let's call it what it really is: a crisis of creativity, a perfect storm of bureaucracy, and a system that seems intent on making teaching about as appealing as a root canal. The…...