In the News:
| KCS announces ACT results KCS Sees massive increase in number of ACT takers ACT-tested U.S. high school graduates appear to be making slow but steady progress at becoming ready for college and career, according to ACT’s annual Condition of College and Career Readiness report for 2010, which was recently released nationwide. The ACT test assesses high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work. The Knox County Schools results for 2010 show a 33 percent increase in the number of students taking the ACT, but a small decrease in overall ACT average scores. A total of 3,469 graduates in 2010 took the ACT exam (2,608 students took the exam in 2009), with resulting averages in the following areas: (Read More) |
| AmeriCorps Awards Grant for TEACH/Here, a UT Partnership Program KNOXVILLE — TEACH/Here, an innovative teacher residency initiative through which the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is helping to prepare highly skilled math and science teachers for hard-to-fill positions in Knox and Hamilton county schools, has received a $154,000 grant to support training and stipends for participants. (Read More) |
| $1 Million for Arts Education Awarded to Tennessee Four Knox County Schools to benefit from Arts Education Grant NASHVILLE - - The Tennessee Arts Commission was recently awarded over $1 million from the U.S. Department of Education through an Arts Education Model Development and Dissemination grant. (Read More) |
| Become a knoxAchieves mentor Engaged Mentors make a difference in young lives knoxAchieves is recruiting its third class of volunteer mentors. Launched in the Fall of 2008, knoxachieves provides an opportunity for Knox County public high school graduates to receive up to $3000 for community college tuition. (Read more, get involved) |
| $25,000 gift last year means six year dream is a reality in only six months New Hopewell Principal Melanie Harb had a dream of interactive technology for all her students, but as recently as last year it appeared that none of the current students at New Hopewell would be there to see that dream come true - it would take about six years to gather the necessary funds. (Read More) |
| Knox County Schools administrator honored by YWCA's "Tribute to Women" selection Mamosa Foster, principal of Sam E. Hill PreSchool, is this years choice by the YWCA's "Tribute To Women" in the educational category. Awards are given in Arts, Business, Government, Education, Human Services, Racial Justice, Science & Technology, and Outstanding Youth. Read More |
Aspiring School Principals Begin Study at UT Leadership Academy June 1, 2010  Twelve Knox County educators begin their studies on Thursday, June 3, in The Leadership Academy, a new full-time, intensive 15-month fellowship program for aspiring school principals at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.(Read More) The Center for Educational Leadership, a collaborative venture between the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and Knox County Schools, has been established at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with funding from a private gift. Part of the program is the Leadership Academy to train future administrators. (More Details | First Year Cohort |
