Read to be Ready campaign eyes stalled state reading scores
Buy PhotoTennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen, left, gives a high-five to Whitsitt Elementary kindergartener Bryan Gamboa earlier this year in Nashville.(Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoTennessee plans to raise its chronically stalled reading scores among students with an initiative aimed at getting 75 percent of all third-graders proficient in reading by 2025.The Read to be Ready Campaign announced Wednesday is driven by $9 million in state funds this year and has iden..>> view originalRead to be Ready campaign eyes stalled state reading scores
Buy PhotoTennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen, left, gives a high-five to Whitsitt Elementary kindergartener Bryan Gamboa earlier this year in Nashville.(Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoTennessee plans to raise its chronically stalled reading scores among students with an initiative aimed at getting 75 percent of all third-graders proficient in reading by 2025.The Read to be Ready Campaign announced Wednesday is driven by $9 million in state funds this year and has iden..>> view originalWeigh In On The Merger
All interested stakeholders will have opportunities to provide input in writing, by email or in person on whether the Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) should be issued regarding the proposed Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System merger.Written comments may be submitted to tn.health@tn.gov or Tennessee Department of Health -- COPA, 710 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243.Listening sessions will be conducted by a COPA Index Advisory Group, whose members were cho..>> view originalNeed a dating intervention? Join the Nashville Dating Experiment
Marcia A. Masulla, for 12th & Broad 1:13 p.m. CST February 17, 2016Nashville Dating Experiment(Photo: Thinkstock)A couple of weeks ago, my dear friend staged a dating intervention for me, and, boy, did I need it. As someone who's been happily plugging away with my career, I just haven't focused on that area of my life. But, with Valentine’s Day past, it’s time that I really put myself out there. Recently, I’ve learned that I’m not alone.Dating apps are more popular than ever and boo..>> view originalSenate passes bill giving religious protections to therapists
Buy PhotoGeneral Assembly(Photo: Dave Boucher / File / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoA Williamson County senator's controversial bill that allows counselors and therapists to refuse to see clients whose cases violate their religious beliefs has passed the Tennessee state Senate.The legislation sponsored by Sen. Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, protects private counselors and therapists from repercussions, but requires them to refer the clients whose circumstances go against their religious values to another ..>> view originalNashville Neighborhood Insider: Increasing home appeal
Gabriela Lira of ReMax Elite, For 12th & Broad 12:01 p.m. CST February 17, 2016Gaby Lira(Photo: Jason Myers)Story HighlightsSellers can increase the appeal of their home and create an emotional connection with the buyer.Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, so we are expecting an early spring in 2016. This is the perfect time to start preparations if you are considering putting your home on the market this spring. The spring season brings one of the busiest times in the Nashvill..>> view originalStarr Ranch opens in downtown Gallatin
Josh Cross, Gallatin News Examiner 12:19 p.m. CST February 17, 2016The Starr Ranch, downtown Gallatin's newest restaurant, opened Monday after a nearly four year extensive building renovation project.(Photo: Josh Cross/Gallatin News Examiner)With a wide variety of food and planned music options, the owners of downtown Gallatin’s newest restaurant hope to attract local residents and out-of-town visitors who don’t want to drive to Nashville to get a taste of Music City.The Starr Ranch..>> view originalNashville on four James Beard Award semifinal lists
Sean Brock of Husk Nashville and other properties in Charleston, SC was nominated for the fifth year as a semifinalist in the James Beard Awards as Outstanding Chef.(Photo: Andrea Behrends)The James Beard Foundation announced its 2016 semifinalists Wednesday and Nashville is represented across four different categories. The awards are considered the biggest accolades in the chef and restaurant worlds.At the top of the heap is Sean Brock, his fifth semifinalist nod as Outstanding Chef. He has als..>> view original$35M suit filed in police killing of former Nashville man
Daniel Shaver, 26, was fatally shot by police in Mesa, Ariz., on Jan. 18.(Photo: Submitted)The family of a former Nashville man shot and killed by Arizona police while unarmed last month plans to file a $35 million wrongful death lawsuit, newly released court papers show.A notice of claim filed by Marc Victor — the attorney representing Laney Sweet and her two minor children — states Mesa Police Department officers used excessive force when they fatally shot Sweet's husband, Daniel Shaver, insid..>> view originalNashville Artist Hits The Road To Photograph Where People Of ...
Listen to the radio version. For over a year, a Nashville artist went on an unusual pilgrimage: She travelled around the country, to sites in 15 cities and towns where people of color were killed in encounters with police. Alanna Styer. a recent graduate of Watkins College of Art, Design and Film, undertook the journey for her senior thesis. She photographed street corners, business storefronts, and other outdoor spaces that have this one grievous commonality. She called the project “Wher..>> view originalBriefs: Man charged with soliciting teen
Man charged with soliciting teenA man was arraigned in Jackson City Court on Tuesday after police said he contacted a teenage girl online for sex.Michael Blake Walker, 27, was charged with solicitation of aggravated statutory rape after contacting a 16-year-old girl online and asking her to meet and perform sex acts, court documents said.According to court documents, Walker continued to contact the girl by phone and text message and agreed to drive from Corinth, Mississippi, to meet her in Jacks..>> view original
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