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…
Nashville Book Festival Shines A Spotlight On Geographical And Cultural Borders
The Southern Festival of Books is not a political event. But this year, organizers say they couldn’t ignore two of the country’s most pressing issues —…
At 50, Nashville Film Festival Shows Off More Of Its Hometown
The Nashville Film Festival turns 50 this year, under a new executive director making his film world debut. Jason Padgitt was a music industry veteran…
A Joelton Tobacco Farmer, Not His Migrant Workers, Would Suffer From Proposed Immigration Changes
Around 4,000 seasonal migrant workers are helping run Tennessee’s farms this year, through a federal visa program. The White House says it wants to let…
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