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Dean weighs free community college

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Posted on July 19, 2008 - 7:03am at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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He wants to review urban mayors' proposal
By COLBY SLEDGE • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • July 19, 2008

A proposal for free community college in Davidson County has Nashville Mayor Karl Dean intrigued, but he hasn't accepted an invitation to join mayors of Tennessee's largest counties in making the offer.

Culleoka grads qualify for Tenn. Scholars Award

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Posted on June 1, 2008 - 5:29pm at Maury Thinks
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Culleoka grads qualify for Tenn. Scholars Award

Not worthless

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Posted on May 21, 2008 - 10:17pm at Kay Brooks
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Councilman Eric Crafton and his Save Our Students groups aren't the only ones who can crunch the education statistics.

Public school vs. private school ACT scores

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Posted on May 21, 2008 - 10:07pm at The Tennessee ConserVOLiance
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This is a tale of 54.041 high school diplomas. That’s the number of public high school diplomas awarded in Tennessee last year (2006-2007). There are 324 public high schools in Tennessee. The public high schools are operated by 119 public school systems. There are 137 public school systems in Tennessee, but only 119 of them operate high schools.

Attack of Bredesen's Educrats on Home-Schooling and Church Schools Continues

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Posted on May 9, 2008 - 11:29am at Bill Hobbs
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Rob Shearer, who has been following the progress of legislation to force the Tennessee Department of Educ

Community College

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Posted on February 25, 2008 - 9:39am at Nashville21
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Sen. Barbara Beverly Marrero and Rep. Mike Turner introduced a bill last month that would seek to make community college free for Tennessee's High School graduates. I think this is great, as it will reduce costs to both students and the State, and free up resources for more academically rigorous courses in the Universities.

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