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March 23, 2009
Senate bill seeks increase in civics education
Tennessee's senior U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander has introduced S.659, with co-sponsors Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, which aims "to improve the teaching and learning of American history...Posted by joe lance on 10:32 PM | Comments (0)
June 19, 2008
School Superintendent contract debate to be front and center today
The Hamilton County Board of Education will be deliberating on whether to renew Superintendent Jim Scales' contract tonight, even though that contract is in force for two more years. By law, the decision has...Posted by joe lance on 10:02 AM | Comments (0)
January 23, 2008
What are they teaching kids these days?
I know it's probably annoying when bloggers write about the search terms that lead visitors to their sites, but sometimes perusing the logs can reveal astonishing things about ourselves. I got a hit yesterday...Posted by joe lance on 12:42 PM
October 30, 2007
Commissioner seeks new road through protected forest, tells rare flower to grow elsewhere
I've been searching local news sites, but it seems that the Chattanoogan.com is beating everyone else at covering an important story, through a breaking news item as well as a string of opinion letters....Posted by joe lance on 12:55 PM
October 26, 2007
Guest spot
No, I'm not handing over the keys to a guest blogger; I'm too much of a control freak for that. (Just kidding. Sort of.) I was invited to speak to a mass communications class...Posted by joe lance on 1:36 PM
May 23, 2007
Video blog: BEP Change Lauded in Hamilton County
Local educators, elected officials, and concerned parents and citizens crowded inside Waterhouse Pavilion at Chattanooga's downtown Miller Plaza this morning to hear Governor Bredesen promote his proposed half-trbillion [pardon my math] dollar overhaul of...Posted by joe lance on 12:47 AM
February 27, 2007
What Is It With Doctor-Senators in Tennessee?
Is there some strange neuralchemy (my word) that occurs when a Tennessean with a medical degree achieves the elected office of Senator (whether state or U.S.), that redefines all of the subject's memory on...Posted by joe lance on 11:31 PM
January 2, 2007
Arts & Education Council Chooses Medium
Press release follows: Chattanooga, TN (January 2, 2007) -- For more than fifty years, the Arts & Education Council of Chattanooga (AEC) has provided opportunities for members of the Chattanooga community to participate in...Posted by joe lance on 7:58 PM
November 22, 2006
Better Than Hot Stock Tips
Sometimes a person finds the path by wandering into the thicket. More to come on that. In the meantime, check out the cool things that happened this past weekend in DC. A whole conference,...Posted by joe lance on 2:31 PM
September 8, 2006
Defining Education in the 21st Century
Math and science. Haven't we been here before? "Sputnik" made us all wake up and pay attention to these subjects. Now, I hear, it's India and China. Anyway, Mark Rogers wrote a very good...Posted by joe lance on 12:52 PM
September 7, 2006
Imagination Library
How sweet can a person be? See: Dolly Parton. Our little boy gets a book every month, and so does every child in Tennessee between 0-5 who is signed up for the program. We've...Posted by joe lance on 3:46 PM
June 9, 2006
Bad generalizations about education
I ran across this quote and found it a little disturbing: "I've gotten the distinct feeling that Republicans are actually hostile to academic achievement--since they think that higher education itself is biased against them."...Posted by joe lance on 11:33 AM
March 6, 2006
Curtis Adams Is My Neighbor, So I Love Him, But..
First of all, I don't know enough about the candidates to comment on the selection. I am remiss. I only know enough to be "dangerous" on the topic of whether the hiree should be...Posted by joe lance on 7:58 PM
February 21, 2006
Special Needs: County Schools Found Delinquent
I haven't seen much written about an AP story that appeared in yesterday's Knoxville paper, so I'll kick it off. This is a local story, and it deserves a serious discussion. (I don't take...Posted by joe lance on 1:50 PM
January 25, 2006
We're Not Alone
It seems like I remember a big to-do about the prospect of retiring Superintendent Dr. Jesse Register staying on as a consultant after he steps down. I'm not saying either is right or wrong,...Posted by joe lance on 2:50 PM
November 25, 2005
Some Diversity of Thought - A Left-Brained Response to "Right Minded"
Nearly two weeks ago, Mark A. Rose took issue with the Tennessean's editors for their anti position on "Intelligent Design" as a component of science education. Rose took the opportunity to re-post his "five...Posted by joe lance on 1:51 PM
September 13, 2005
Money and Education
As most of you probably know, Metro Nashville is voting today on a proposed sales tax increase (good grief..) that would bring the combined state and local rates to 9.75% (which is the highest...Posted by joe lance on 12:01 PM
August 21, 2005
So Much to Cover..So Little Time
Dangit if I didn't wish I could forego sleep and just blog all night instead. However, my family and my health and, oh, a few other things (one of them spelled J-O-B) come first....Posted by joe lance on 10:58 AM
August 19, 2005
Evangelical Physics [Was: "Hey, Mark Rose"]
I usually try to post on Chattanooga, Hamilton County, and Tennessee politics, elections, government, civics. I also add some personal thoughts about education, music, nature, and the occasional free advertising for favorite businesses. You...Posted by joe lance on 11:08 AM
August 17, 2005
Answer to sdavick on Property Taxes
Since my own blog censored my comment for some reason, I'm posting an answer to a question asked in comments to a previous post. sdavick, your question makes perfect sense, and I think I...Posted by joe lance on 3:45 PM
A Schoolhouse Divided..
This morning, the Hamilton County Commission heard from citizens regarding the County budget and the school system. These days, I prefer not to get into the rhetorical battle of calling anti-tax-increase Commissioners names, or...Posted by joe lance on 11:09 AM
July 24, 2005
Accrued Links
Tropical Storm Franklin Graphics (NOAA) Regarding TennCare, can we of different "sides" work together to try and alleviate some of its headaches, instead of causing new ones? I hold the bell-ringers in the same...Posted by joe lance on 9:32 PM
June 24, 2005
I Missed My Calling
Wow. Some consultants did a study and came to the earth-shattering conclusion that "the rift between the [Hamilton County School B]oard and the County Commission 'needs to be healed.'" I need to get in...Posted by joe lance on 1:43 PM
June 4, 2005
Saturday Detention: Part 1 of a Long, Hot Remedial Summer
I have had a category called "Education" on this blog for a while, and it has been sorely neglected -- if one measures its entries against my valuation of Education. Today, then, I decide...Posted by joe lance on 11:12 AM
May 9, 2005
School Board Member Credentials
It's a day very packed with non-blogging related program activities, so go enjoy the banter about "Rhonda Thurman, PHD" and check back later for real news....Posted by joe lance on 2:03 PM
April 11, 2005
"Student Bill of Rights" is Misleading
Two Tennessee legislators -- Rep. Stacey Campfield (R-18) of Knoxville and Sen. Raymond Finney (R-8) of Maryville -- have introduced bills into the current session that purport to deliver "freedom of speech" to students...Posted by joe lance on 6:44 AM