Education

It seems like a no brainer.  If you take a few months off from studying Math and English, it's harder to pick it back up again.  Some Hamilton County high schools will soon put that theory to the test, as part of a federal study aimed at improving graduation rates.

A tail-gating party kicks off the construction at the new East Hamilton Middle High School athletic stadium.

The school stadium boosters held the groundbreaking party Saturday afternoon.

     Could the lottery once again come to the rescue of Georgia schools?
     The Schools Superintendent proposed today raising lottery ticket prices by fifty cents.
     She says it could raise 350-million dollars for the schools.

There's fallout tonight from Tennessee's efforts to grab more federal money for schools.  "Race to the Top" legislation approved earlier this year would give the state's commissioner of education the funds needed to create a special school district.  Howard High School in Hamilton County would be included in that district.

A first of its kind teacher residency program in Tennessee will be launched in Hamilton and Knox counties.  It aims to tackle a shortage of math and science teachers, by supplementing graduate school work, with coaching for perspective teachers.