education

Musician and composer Eric Reed has landed in Knoxville and is ready to go. He sat down with Todd Steed to discuss his new role as teacher.

With many East Tennessee students resuming classes online and some residents still working from home, reliable internet access is more vital than ever.…

To working parents in East Tennessee, the school closures this winter may seem relentless. Before the floods came the flu. Illness has become a common…

Tennessee is not going to reach an ambitious educational goal set by the state in 2015, data released Wednesday show. The state had hoped to outperform…

Sixth-grader Hunter Simmons lives just two and a half miles from West Valley Middle School, but it takes him more than an hour to get home by bus. That’s…

For a teenager addicted to marijuana or hitting the bottle with friends, there are plenty of risks. A drug habit can destroy relationships, harm grades…

Fifty-five years ago this month, President Lyndon Johnson delivered the commencement address at the University of Michigan. His speech that day wasn’t…

After deciding not to close Career Magnet Academy in January, the Knox County school district is doubling down its advanced academic offerings, at both…

Tennessee schools will reconvene for many in early August. As with any year, they will welcome a new class of kindergartners and with them the hopes and…

Throughout the US, education officials are trying to put their best face on a national report that shows America’s fourth and eighth graders aren’t…