Lydia X. McCoy

• Local businessman Randy Boyd committed to Pond Gap school Published 05/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

  After Knoxville businessman Randy Boyd met University of Tennessee professor Bob Kronick and started to learn about the community school concept, he decided he wanted to help.

• Knox County working to expand the community school concept Published 05/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

  For the last two school years, Knox County has been piloting a community school at Pond Gap Elementary and it is seeing results.

• DA Randy Nichols throws support behind proposed school budget Published 05/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Knox County District Attorney General Randy Nichols is endorsing the school system's request to add $35 million to its operating budget for targeted objectives.

• School board, commission meet to discuss budget Published 05/23/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Members of the Knox County school board and County Commission publicly met Tuesday for the first time to discuss the school system's request for an additional $35 million for a much broader, long-term plan that targets a number of educational ...

• STEM Academy finishes first year with success Published 05/23/2012 at 4 a.m.

  During her freshman year at the L&N STEM Academy, Gillian Davis and her classmates got an opportunity to visit Dollywood, but it wasn't just for the thrill of the roller coasters.

• Knox school board looks at literacy initiatives Published 05/22/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Nearly all of the first-graders at Inskip Elementary School will be proficient in reading when they move onto the second grade in August, the school's principal told members of the Knox County school board at their meeting on Monday night.

• Summer program helps Knox 8th-graders prepare for high school Published 05/21/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Knox County Schools says it's seeing results in a summer program designed to help struggling eighth-graders before they start high school.

• No bus transportation causes parents to change morning routines Published 05/16/2012 at 4 a.m.

  LUTTRELL — Arlene Armes was more than an hour late to work on Tuesday morning after she had to drive her three children who normally ride the bus to school — two to Luttrell Elementary and one to Horace Maynard ...

• Lacking money, Union County suspends bus service for students Published 05/15/2012 at 4 a.m.

  A Union County Public School bus won't stop outside the home of Heather King this morning as it normally does.

• Principals recognized for leadership, student outcomes Published 05/14/2012 at 6:56 p.m.

  The Education Consumers Foundation on Monday honored 18 principals from across the state as part of its annual Value-Added Achievement Awards given to recognize quality leadership.

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