Education
South College
By queent@knews.com | 3:31 pm, 10/23/2007South College, formerly Knoxville Business College, has been a part of the fabric of downtown Knoxville since 1882 when Jacob T. Johnson started a branch of Nashville Business College in Knoxville, Tennessee and later renamed it Knoxville Business College. In 1900, KBC occupied part of the public library building on the corner of Gay and Vine where it boasted of a commercial department equipped with offices for the actual transaction of business in mercantile and banking lines.
Schools & Education
In his 2006 State of the State address, Gov. Phil Bredesen called education "our fundamental priority."
In 2005, Bredesen pushed through the Legislature an expanded pre-kindergarten program for 4-year-olds, and this year he is proposing to expand the voluntary program to serve more students.
The governor also hopes to create this year a competitive residential high school for math and science at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma.
