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How dismantling the U.S. Department of Education will impact Tennessee’s most vulnerable students

Camellia Burris

May 19, 2025

As efforts to shutter the U.S. Department of Education ramp up, advocates have grown concerned about how cases of discrimination in schools will be handled.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: civil rights, Department of Chidren's Services

Pandemic to pandemic: 41 years of AIDS

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

November 30, 2022

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December 1 is Worlds AIDS Day. In this episode, we’ll talk with people living with HIV and those who have been on the frontlines providing services and education to battle AIDS in Middle Tennessee since the early days of the virus. We’ll also look at how our understanding of the AIDS epidemic provided a bedrock of understanding when COVID-19 took off. 

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: DCS, Department of Chidren's Services, HIV

Tennessee Leads Nation in Juvenile Justice Change

Nina Cardona

February 27, 2013

Across America, fewer children are behind bars. And nowhere has seen a bigger drop in incarcerated youth than Tennessee.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Department of Chidren's Services, juvenile detention, Linda O'Neal, Taft Development Center, Tennessee Council on Children and Youth

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