Cleveland Middle Principal Leneda Laing is among three finalists from East Tennessee that were announced Tuesday by the Tennessee Department of Education for the 2020-21 Tennessee Principal of the Year award. There are nine finalists representing each Center of Regional Excellence (CORE) region in the state, with three finalists in each Grand Division-West, Middle, and East. ... (click for more)

Cleveland High School science teacher, Dr. Jeannie Long, has been awarded The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. This award represents the highest honors bestowed by the U.S. government for K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics teaching. This Program authorizes the president to bestow up to 108 awards each year. Awardees are ... (click for more)

Hamilton County Schools Supt. Dr. Bryan Johnson on Monday said the schools plan to open Aug. 12 with two groups of students at each school each attending two days a week. However, he said it is hoped that students will be able to go five days a week by Aug. 30. The opening format includes Group A going on Wednesday, Aug. 12, and Group B on Thursday, Aug. 13. Friday will be ... (click for more)

Hamilton County had just 52 new coronavirus cases on Monday and deaths remained at 48. However, the number of COVID patients in Intensive Care continued to go up and is now at 37. Total cases now are 5,669 after the numbers have dropped in recent days. There are 86 COVID patients hospitalized as well as four more suspected cases. The number of active cases in Hamilton ... (click for more)

The recent controversy over the monument to our town's founder, C.E. James, is more than a completely unnecessary and avoidable waste of time and possibly money - it is contrived and downright silly. Race-based restrictions on residential real estate sales weren't just common a century ago, they were universal in both the North and South. Such "red-lining" didn't start to die out ... (click for more)

When I was in high school, I would love it when the “Newspapers in Education” would roll around once a week. The Chattanooga Times was a real Godsend because it offered me something interesting to read during class and, man, I would pounce on the paper. I would immediately find the syndicated columnist, Jim Murray, and revel in his every word. He was - and this I believe to this ... (click for more)