The Tennessee Legislature deploys some logic - because so much time in public school is spent on increasing testing scores in science and ma...

NYU professor Clay Shirky teaches theory and practice of social media and has now decided he must ban the use of laptops, tablets and p...

Yeah, what goof off thing is this? It's a by-product of American education reform, STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engin...

Talking with friends recently I was reminded again that I'm all alone when it comes to following the actions of the state legislators in...

Taking Tennessee taxpayer funds away from public schools and giving those funds to private schools - whether you call it "vouchers...

The tragic shooting in Newtown, CT provides at the least an opportunity for discussion and debate about common sense gun laws, mental ...

Worst idea I've heard yet (and there is no shortage of bad ideas) in response to the massacre in Newtown, CT is from Tennessee Senat...

Is the process of getting an education merely a system designed get a job and to create a workforce? I wrote about this topic in August...

In recent days our esteemed Governor Bill Haslam has been holding meetings with folks from a wide range of business and university offici...

Our state will now police your pants - and pretty much all clothes worn by students in Tennessee thanks to a new law our governor has sign...

via The Chattanooga Times Free Press Gov. Haslam says he'll sign into law a bill about how science is taught in Tennessee ... even...

Sticks and stones may hurt your bones but words cause permanent damage.  -- from Talk Radio The NYC school systems issued a memo to t...

An Open Letter to Gov. Haslam and the Tennessee Legislature: As a lifelong resident of the state of Tennessee, educated in public schoo...

Grade school and high school are the academic locations Tennesseee's politicians want to use to determine the value of science and th...

I look forward to the day when news about politics in Tennessee is not simply easy material  for comedy shows. But that day is not today. ...

It really is annoying how I learn more and more as I get older that I don't know diddly-squat about what I thought I knew, and that th...

Stories for children have a raw power which can cripple hypocrisies and hatreds and which often celebrates the best qualities of humans -...

Pretty much as expected and predicted , the state of Tennessee is following up on their plan do ban unions in Tennessee, starting with teach...

Thanks to a $1.2 million stimulus grant, students at East Tennessee State University has a state-of-the-art facility for radio/TV/and film p...

"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" -- former president George Bush You can get all A's and still flunk...