Can the Leadership Academy be saved?

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How best to train school principals? At what cost? And who selects those who get free tuition to the Leadership Academy at UT?
As a school board committee ponders these questions, …

Win some, lose some: Tennessee tops Maryland

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Somewhere today, Bill Haslam is smiling.
Last yesterday, news broke that Discovery Communications (soon to purchase Knoxville-based Scripps Networks Interactive) will move its Maryland headquarters to New York, while locating its …

Obits added as a service

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Knox TN Today launched obituary links this week. Just click on a name and the link will take you to the full obituary online. We will update death notices daily, …

Bring back the L&N principals

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The Dec. 11 suspensions of the principal and vice principal at the L&N STEM Academy created concern and turmoil at one of our best high schools.
Superintendent Bob Thomas, on WATE-TV …

Does tomorrow start today in Alabama?

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December 13 update: The answer to the headline is “yes.” In unofficial returns Dec. 12, Alabama voters selected Doug Jones over Roy Moore.
If you’re wondering why so many men in …

Franken right to resign

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U.S. Sen. Al Franken will step down, but he’s not happy about it.
Garrison Keillor is gone from NPR. Just vanquished one day after complaints of sexual misconduct. I’ll miss Keillor …