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(The Center Square) – The Tennessee Department of Education is spending $30 million in COVID-19 relief to help 21 school districts create new paths to employment for students through its Innovative High School Models program. The program features community partnerships in aviation, health care, dual enrollment opportunities, STEM-focused curriculum, automotive learning, manufacturing and virtual and workplace-based learning programs. The grant process began with the state accepting 61 appl...

Clarksville NowCMCSSCMCSS has been awarded $1.5 million from the Tennessee Department of Education through a new grant. CLARKSVILLE, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System has been awarded $1.5 million from the Tennessee Department of Education through a new Innovative High School Models grant. The program is intended to foster local community partnerships, boost student readiness and prepare high school students for jobs and careers in the community. CMCSS is one of 21 district...

Traders Magazine 0 Shares Kapil Rathi, co-founder and chief executive of CrossTower, said the investment and trading firm is providing traditional Wall Street infrastructure to allow institutions to trade cryptocurrencies, which he expects to become regulated. Rathi told Markets Media: “Five years down the line when crypto assets are regulated we will be ready, which is a differentiator.” He has experience of building exchanges in a regulated environment having previously held senior lea...

View Comments There are two moments in the spring when the historic Natchez Street community in Franklin is just a little more crowded than usual. Moments when the historic, predominantly Black neighborhood comes together, drawing friends and extended family to honor its youth. For more than a century now, following the end of the Civil War, Natchez Street and its surrounding neighborhood were home to many of Franklins Black residents and businesses. Natchez High School, Williamson Countys o...

HANCEVILLE — A few local students have been awarded 2021-22 scholarships at Wallace State Community College. “The college is proud to provide scholarships totaling over $2.5 million to more than 550 students based on academic achievement as well as performing arts and athletic abilities,” read a press release from WSCC on Tuesday.  Image from WSCC Twitter account. Local scholarship recipients include: Kylie Everett of Pinson recieved the Academic Excellence Scholarship. Lauren Hallmark o...

Briefs Chamber of Commerce awarded funds to support tourism Kennebec Valley Tourism Council (KVTC) has awarded sponsorship support funds in the amount of $1,662.50 to Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce for the Taste of Waterville to assist in the growth of tourism in Maine’s Kennebec Valley and produce a positive economic impact on the region. Mid-Maine Chamber was one of 12 sponsorship recipients awarded as part of the 2021 KVTC marketing partnership program. In total, the 2021 KVTC sponsorship s...

The 100 Best Community Colleges in America By Elizabeth Jackson, Stacker News On 5/16/21 at 8:00 AM EDT With college costs mounting and student debt remaining a hot topic of conversation, public opinion on four-year colleges has begun to shift, as people contemplate whether they are in fact the only—or best—option for all students. An estimated 8.7 million undergraduates enrolled in public, two-year colleges during the 2016–17 academic year, according to the National Center for Educati...

FARMINGTON — During a Friday tour of Foster Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center in Farmington, Governor Janet Mills highlighted the importance of Maine CTEs in training skilled workers and spurring economic recovery and long-term growth from the COVID-19 pandemic. Maine’s public education system has 27 CTE schools that provide Maine students with training for careers, including in welding, nursing and emergency medicine, computer programming and pre-engineering, electrical, heating...

The 2021 session will be remembered for historic “tough on crime – smart on crime” legislation.

Washington County’s elected government and education leaders were told Thursday the region’s workforce has not seen the type of growth that is being experienced in other parts of Tennessee. Jon Smith, who heads East Tennessee State University’s Bureau of Businesses and Economic Research, said the labor market in Johnson City and Kingsport has been declining for nearly a decade. “Our region has been left out of the explosive gains that have been seen in Knoxville, Nashville a...