Tennessee First Lady Andrea Conte teamed up with a national organization to launch a campaign to protect children from online predators. Conte joined leaders of the Internet Keep Safe Coalition and state education officials to announce the effort. The nationwide campaign uses a Web site, children's books and educational mate [...]
Education
First Lady Takes Lead on Child Internet Safety
Wednesday, October 26th, 2005Pre-K Expansion Taking Root Statewide
Sunday, September 25th, 2005Tennessee's expanding pre-kindergarten initiative is yielding dividends. More Tennessee four-year-olds than ever are walking through the doors to early childhood education this fall with the addition of 300 new pre-K classrooms in 106 school systems statewide, thanks to efforts by Governor Phil Bredesen and Democratic leaders in the General [...]
New House Republican Leader Fought Pre-K
Tuesday, September 13th, 2005Looking for insight into the mind of newly elected House Republican Leader Bill Dunn? Earlier this year, Dunn worked against Tennessee’s nationally recognized pre-kindergarten program, calling the initiative a waste of money [...]
