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Metro teachers can now log on to a “You Tube” style website for help in the classroom. MNPS Tube, or “M Tube” as it’s called, is stocked with about 400 short videos of teaching methods that have proven effective.

The scope of Tennessee’s historic flooding is hard for adults to fully comprehend. This week many school children have taken class time to interpret what they’ve seen on TV and experienced first hand. WPLN’s Anne Marshall has this story from East Nashville’s Lockeland Elementary, where kids are using art to make sense of what’s happened.

Tourism is one of the largest moneymakers for Nashville, bringing in more than three billion dollars a year. But in the days after the flood, tourists planning to visit the city started cancelling. As WPLN’s Anne Marshall reports a campaign is underway to get the word out that Music City is still “open for business.”.

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says recovery won’t come quickly to flood damaged areas of Tennessee and pledged long-term assistance. Napolitano walked through the badly hit Bordeaux neighborhood Saturday morning.

The head of the Federal Emergency Management agency was back in Tennessee for the second time this week assessing the flood disaster.

Five disaster assistance centers are now open and helping flood victims in Nashville. The centers are one-stop shops for those affected by this disaster.

Floodwaters from the swollen Cumberland River are receding in Nashville. Several businesses are damaged in the historic downtown known for its honky-tonk live music bars, but even those that aren’t badly flooded won’t be up and running for awhile.

For the first time state achievement tests aren’t one size fits all. This year Tennessee is rolling out alternate versions for students facing certain hurdles in the classroom.

Across the state right now, students’ academic skills are being put to the test. This time, Tennessee’s end-the year-of-year assessments, typically known as TCAP, are new and more rigorous than ever.