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Remembering the 91st birthday of suffrage

Yesterday was the 91st anniversary of the Tennessee state assembly’s ratification of the following language of the then-proposed 19th Amendment to the Constitution: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United...

A closer look at Merrill

Note: a special thank you to Ms. P.K., who corrected my grammar in the original title of this post!  Suggestion duly noted and embraced! We had a lot of presentations at last night’s board meeting about the prospect of collocating the Creativity Challenge...
Keeping kids safe from too much heat

Keeping kids safe from too much heat

The community has been very vocal about the too-hot temperatures in our classrooms during the month of August, and I’ve listened and moved to act. After talking with many of you, and after evaluating costs and state laws, I think the best solution is to start...

Southwest elementary reading champs

I’ve been keeping tabs on how schools grow in numbers of students at or above proficiency level over time.   Now, I’m not a fan of CSAP, and it’s only an indicator, but I like to keep in mind how schools perform according to the numbers of kids in...