May 5, 2021
Tennessee teachers will be restricted from discussing systemic racism with their students or lose state funding if legislation approved Wednesday becomes law.
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The Senate voted 25-7 for the ban one day after the House easily passed the bill along partisan lines in Tennessee s GOP-controlled legislature, following several days of fiery debate.
A spokeswoman for Republican Gov. Bill Lee did not immediately respond when asked if he would sign the bill into law.
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Tennessee becomes the latest state on the verge of limiting the depth of classroom discussions about inequality and concepts such as white privilege as part of a conservative backlash to America s reckoning over racism.
Barbara McCord Special to The Oak Ridger
John Spratling, a social studies teacher and coach, and an active member of the Oak Ridge-Anderson County branch of the NAACP, was recently awarded the Civil Rights/Liberties: Excellence in Teaching award is sponsored by Social Studies School Service by Nystrom Education, a subsidiary of Social Studies School Service.
The Tennessee Council for the Social Studies President Josh Kenna made the presentation. Spratling received a plaque and a check for $250. The sponsoring publisher, Social Studies School Service, develops both core and supplemental curriculums that aim to advance students’ abilities to think critically and ask good questions. The company is a national leader in social studies education and sponsors civil rights awards for teachers in many states.
Two Hamilton County Teachers Recognized By State For Excellence Thursday, March 11, 2021
Tarah Kemp was selected as a Teacher of the Year winner
Two Hamilton County Schools educators have been selected as Teacher of the Year winners by the Tennessee Council for Social Studies. Each year, TCSS recognizes exceptional classroom Social Studies teachers in Elementary, Middle, and High School.
The Hamilton County TCSS Teachers of the year are Nancy Baxley, a World History teacher at Signal Mountain Middle/High School, and Tarah Kemp, a 4th-grade teacher at Dupont Elementary School.
Ms. Kemp, a 4th-grade teacher at Dupont Elementary, was selected as the TCSS Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year. Ms. Kemp was chosen for her commitment to making Social Studies engaging, particularly her interdisciplinary program called Cooking Up Learning. Through this program, Ms. Kemp engages her students in standards-based learning that incorporates cooking in the classroom.
Boy Scouts of America plan to exit bankruptcy would pay abuse survivors an average of $6,000 each Cara Kelly, USA TODAY
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Boy Scouts of America is proposing to pay roughly $220 million toward a trust to compensate tens of thousands of former members who say they were abused as scouts, according to a statement from the committee that represents survivors in the case.
Another $300 million may come from a voluntary contribution from local councils, the Boy Scouts said in court documents filed Monday, but the local organizations have given no formal commitment.
The number is a fraction of the $1 billion of the organization s estimated value, and a sliver of the value of its subsidiaries, including local councils as well as various trusts and endowments, which USA TODAY estimates could exceed $3.7 billion.
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Boy Scouts of America is proposing to pay roughly $220 million toward a trust to compensate tens of thousands of former members who say they were abused as scouts, according to a statement from the committee that represents survivors in the case.
Another $300 million may come from a voluntary contribution from local councils, the Boy Scouts said in court documents filed Monday, but the local organizations have given no formal commitment.
The number is a fraction of the $1 billion of the organization s estimated value, and a sliver of the value of its subsidiaries, including local councils as well as various trusts and endowments, which USA TODAY estimates could exceed $3.7 billion.