By the time Kingston Academy closed last year, the state of Tennessee had multiple reports of staff violence and at least two child-on-child sexual assaults. Yet it would take damning photos of squalid conditions, taken by a mother of four, to shut the children’s psychiatric facility down.
In The Search For Psychiatric Care, One Tennessee Family Feels Caught In A Vicious Cycle
When a child with Medicaid insurance needs intensive psychiatric care, doctors or therapists might make a referral to a private facility — even if they’ve never seen the place themselves.
At A Tennessee Psychiatric Treatment Center, Inexperienced And Overworked Staff Left Kids Without Care
Caring for some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable kids is challenging work, yet many who do so in residential psychiatric centers earn low wages, have no prior experience and get just a couple weeks training. Which is why places like Kingston Academy near Knoxville, which closed last year, see such high staff turnover, burnout and violence.
For Many Parents, No Option Is A Good Option As Nashville Schools Plan Reopening
Metro Nashville Public Schools will decide next month what the upcoming academic year will look like, based on coronavirus spread and the city’s reopening status. Many parents say no scenario seems like a good one. But given the uncertain future, they’re hoping for one that best fits their needs.
First #BlackBirdersWeek Draws Fans — And Some Controversy — In Tennessee
A former Nashville zookeeper has organized the first-ever Black Birders Week, an online celebration of African-American bird watchers. But supporters took to social media after a group of Tennessee nature lovers initially declined to promote the event.
Middle Tennessee Teachers Worry About What’s Ahead As A Strange School Year Ends
As an extraordinary year draws to a close, area public school teachers are breathing a small — if temporary — sigh of relief. They praise students and colleagues for rising so quickly to the challenges brought on by the pandemic, but they also worry about the uncertainties that lie ahead.
Nashville’s Public Schools Pivot From Distributing Food To Teaching, But Hurdles Remain
When schools shut down last month, Metro teachers say they were essentially told not to teach, so that kids without access to technology wouldn’t get left further behind. Now, with just weeks left in the school year, the district is changing course. It’s asking public school teachers to produce daily online learning activities, but they […]
Nashville Doctors Join A Growing Movement To Fight Health Insurance, By Skipping It Altogether
The Nashville area now has a handful of doctors who have made the leap to a different kind of business model for medical care. They join a growing number of physicians nationwide, who say they’re fighting the health insurance system — by bypassing it.
How Nashville’s Farm-To-Table Craze Has Beefed Up Business For One Small Farmer
Running a small beef farm requires cultivating good relationships with cows and humans — like local chefs, butchers and individual customers, all of…
Franklin’s New Historical Markers Reflect African Americans In City’s Civil War Legacy
Public commemoration of Franklin’s past got a little fuller this week, after five markers detailing the city’s African American history were unveiled…
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