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The Tennessean

students with autism
Posted inNews

As diagnoses rise, more colleges add services for students with autism

Avatar photo by Charlotte West November 26, 2019April 8, 2021

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Jared Jellicorse made the dean’s list in his first year at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, an achievement that still makes his mother, Marla, tear up. This story also appeared in Knoxville News Sentinel and The Tennessean and USA TODAY “That was just amazing,” she gushed proudly as she recounted it. […]

Posted inHigher Education, News

Eligible for job and college aid, half of Tennesseans with disabilities get nothing

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner December 5, 2016April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School, Future of Learning, News, The West

Rocketship Education, California’s tech-heavy charter network, is growing, some say too fast

by Kyle Spencer July 5, 2015October 21, 2020
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, News, Teacher Preparation

Tennessee’s wavering over the Common Core discourages new teachers

by Lauren Camera April 5, 2015March 30, 2020
Lori Smith (left) and Heather Hobbs (right), two teacher leaders in the Kingsport City Schools district, participate in a Common Core training session in Kingsport, Tenn.
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, News

Tennessee’s Common Core backtrack strands teachers, students

by Lauren Camera November 23, 2014March 30, 2020
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