Colerain junior DT Trae Clark was offered by Indiana this morning, according to Colerain coach Tom Bolden.
Clark, who is 6-4 and 300 pounds, also has offers from Ohio University and South Florida.
State education officials, starting in the 2011-12 academic year, will co-manage five of Tennessee’s lowest-performing schools to try to turn them around.
The schools – Frayser High, Hamilton High, Northside High and Raleigh Egypt Middle schools in Memphis and Howard School Of Academics Technology in Hamilton County – are part of the state’s new Achievement School District. They’ll be run as their own school system. This is the least stringent way for the state to take over schools.
“The home school district still maintains significant control and oversight,” Kevin Huffman, Tennessee Education Commissioner, said Monday. “Our goal is not to run or manage schools for the sake of running or managing schools.
Osama bin Laden may be dead, and the War on Terror over, but there are still nine men on the FBIs most wanted list. Who are these men, and what makes them so dangerous? From bottom to top here are the usual suspects.
10. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah: Born in 1963, Abdullah fled Egypt to unite with other Islamic fugitives. He has a had long history of Al-Qaeda involvement, from forging passports to operating training camps in Afganestan. He is on the FBI wanted list for his involvement in the 1998 American embassy bombings in Dar as Saalam, Tanzania, and Nairobi.
9. Hasan Izz-Al-Din: Also born in 1963, Hasan is an alleged member of Hezbolla, a Shia Muslim militant group and political party based in Lebanon. He i
Mike and Rick are all sorts of punchy this week, talking civics lessons, philanthropic giving, and Arne Duncan’s teacher pandering. A
Have you thanked a soldier today? Here in the US we have no trouble supporting our troops. Bumper stickers…politicians…pundits of all stripes regularly go on and on about our military.
WHEN we don’t get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don’t blame the soldiers. We don’t say, “It’s these lazy soldiers and their bloated benefits plans! That’s why we haven’t done better in Afghanistan!” No, if the results aren’t there, we blame the planners. We blame the generals, the secretary of defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff. No one contemplates blaming the men and women fighting every day in the trenches for little pay and scant recognition.
But in education it’s different. When things go wr Read more…
