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School Superintendent Ed Gray said that students with disabilities, who are not meeting goals under the federal No Child Left Behind law, are one reason two Bedford County schools were placed on the...
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Subgroups hurt schools under NCLB
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Posted on September 23, 2008 - 10:24am at Carl McClanahan
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Please no
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Posted on September 11, 2008 - 12:32pm at Kay Brooks
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Next up on the Metro Nashville Public Schools "To Do" list is hiring a superintendent/director. Curiously, MNPS BOE member Karen Johnson (District 6-Antioch) highlighted as breaking news on her blog:
Breaking News Miami Herald Reports Dade School Board votes to negotiate Rudy Crew Buyout
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Wanted: Board Leader
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Posted on September 6, 2008 - 9:14am at Kay Brooks
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The MNPS Board of Education needs to pick its next chairman. David Fox, it is being reported by the City Paper, is interested in the job. No doubt this will enable him to work closely with School Superintendent Mayor Karl Dean on reforming the system. I'm not opposed to that partnership.
Education initiatives
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Posted on August 16, 2008 - 7:13am at Camp4u
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A rare home school/parents rights victory in California over the kooky courts.
From the article....
Questions they should be able to respond to
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Posted on June 30, 2008 - 9:09am at Camp4u
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I was lucky enough to be able to fill as host for Lee and Terry Frank on their Radio show today. I invited all the candidates in the 20th house district to come in for some grilling by Sen. Raymond Finney and myself. They all showed up except Mr. Ramsey.
Elected school superintendent
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Posted on May 6, 2008 - 2:30pm at Camp4u
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The option to allow people to vote on the elected school superintendent was killed Rep. Frank Nicley drafted the amendment so it had to be passed by the county commission by two thirds vote and then by a vote of the people ( and they could even have education qualifiers).
It was killed 46-44 a of lot legislators did not vote.
Judge not....
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Posted on April 14, 2008 - 7:14am at Camp4u
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The system we have our judges are selected is a controversy in the capitol I, along with many others on the gov operations committee feel the constitution is clear on this. The people should elect the judges. A yes/no retention vote is not a election as the framers intended.
Knoxville Super Search
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Posted on March 13, 2008 - 9:58pm at Kay Brooks
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Did you know Knoxville is also looking for a new Superintendent of Schools? Brian Hornback is all over it and you might want to cruise through his posts as MNPS also walks through the process.
Some tidbits:
Revisiting the Garcia Acolytes
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Posted on January 23, 2008 - 4:24pm at Pith In The Wind
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With the quiet, ignoble demise of Pedro Garcia, who came to Nashville brimming with bluster and confidence only to become an object of scorn and ridicule, it's hard to believe a few people really did welcome him as a liberator. One particularly dim-witted (if rather handsome) writer nearly dislocated his shoulder patting the smug schools director on the back in Garcia's early years. After the jump we'll give you some of his less-than-prescient characterizations:
