County, PEF in step for improving schools
8/20/2009
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Letter to the editor
I serve on former Sen. Bill Frist's SCORE steering committee with Tom Kinser, who wrote an article for the Times Free Press on Sunday (Aug. 16). Tom gave an urgent call to action for Tennesseans to address the weaknesses of our education system, and we at PEF agree completely. We were pleased, but not surprised, to find that several reforms suggested in SCORE's interim report are already under way here in Hamilton County...
- Dan Challener, President of PEF
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“Due to the funds that were provided…
…for us by the Benwood Initiative, we’ve been able to provide some of the best research-based workshops for our teachers to implement reading strategies in the classroom, and we’ve established a literacy block which is two hours per day, every day, for all of our students.”
Marthel Young
Principal,
Orchard Knob Elementary