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A coalition of education advocates has called on the Knox County Board of Education to remove all police and sheriff s officers from school buildings, effective immediately.
In a letter to the board, the Knox County Education Coalition members said swift action is needed after Anthony Thompson Jr., a 17-year-old student at Austin-East Magnet High School, was shot and killed by police in one of the school s bathrooms. Police officers should not be readmitted to our schools until KCS adopts policies and procedures that put the welfare of every child ahead of any other priority, and until KCS is able to certify that every officer who enters a school is properly trained to work with children, the group wrote.
The book shows family discussions after a fictitious police shooting of an unarmed Black man. Author: Cole Sullivan Updated: 6:32 PM EDT April 30, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The Knox County Schools superintendent said Friday the district would investigate an elementary school teacher who shared an audiobook about racial injustice with her fourth grade class.
A parent at Sterchi Elementary complained about the book, which details family discussions about racial injustice in policing after a fictitious shooting of an unarmed Black man.
It features the lines, The cops shot him because he was Black, and, There are many cops, Black and white, who make good choices.
Tennessee schools won t offer hybrid virtual and in-person learning starting this fall
Knox County plans to offer virtual learning, but it will be its own, separate campus. It could mean less workload on classroom teachers. Author: Katie Inman Updated: 11:20 PM EDT April 26, 2021
KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. The Tennessee Department of Education decided hybrid learning is going away in Tennessee.
The state says starting this fall, Tennessee schools can t offer both in-person and virtual instruction.
Knox County plans to offer virtual learning, but it will be its own, separate campus. Teachers in some districts hope the separation means less workload and stress over teaching two different ways.