Common Core has become a clear differentiator in Nashville’s school board races. Incumbents are confident in the new education standards adopted by most states. Challengers range from confused to fed up.
Nashville School Board Candidates Wander All Over The Map On Common Core
Take Me Out To The Sounds Game, Minus The Peanuts
Nashville Sounds’ staff scrubbed down Greer Stadium in preparation for a peanut allergy-friendly night at the park.
With All The Talk About Saving Music Row, We Ask: What Is Music Row Anymore?
The cry to “Save Studio A” quickly expanded into “Save Music Row,” but what is Music Row in a time when condos are moving in and big labels are headed downtown?
Effort To Block Printer’s Alley Hotel Picks Up Momentum
The new owners plan to renovate the old building but displace the tenants, which include Lonnie’s Western Room, Fiddle and Steel Guitar Bar and others.
Listen: A Q&A With Nashville’s School Board Candidates
We asked the school board candidates the exact same 10 questions about their views on education in Nashville and Tennessee.
Nashville School Board Candidates Heed Register’s Truce On Charters
Metro Schools superintendent Jesse Register has called for more civility in the sometimes-toxic debate over charter schools. Candidates for school board are having no trouble complying.
Music City Center Cited As Example In New Book About The ‘Follies’ Of Convention Centers
He’s often been cited in Nashville stories casting doubt on the success prospects of the Music City Center.
Nashville In Line For A Boutique Hotel Boomlet, If All The Plans Go Through
A group of well-heeled investors has an acre of property in the heart of Printer’s Alley in downtown Nashville under contract. The developers are thinking about a boutique hotel there, just as several other similar hotels are being considered.
Tennessee Astronaut (And Dad) Gets Ready To Launch Into Space
Barry Wilmore, a native of Mt. Juliet, will be taking command of the International Space Station. He talked to WPLN’s Emily Siner about what it’s like to leave his family for the final frontier.
Judge Hands Victory To Developer Planning Tallest Building In Green Hills
The Green Hills Neighborhood Association sued the developers in the project, claiming that the tall building violated the area’s height restrictions.
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