Winter 2020

Karen Holst, Christoper Almanza, and Bob Kronick gather in a Pond Gap classroom
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Second Shift

University-Assisted Community Schools change lives and education.

teacher materials, colored pencils, golden delicious apple and a globe
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From Strength to Strength

UT System hosts teacher preparation convening.

Krissy DeAlejandro
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Changing a State One Student at a Time

Krissy DeAlejandro leads tnAchieves.

West High School principal Jonathan East
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Learning to Lead

The Center for Educational Leadership prepares future principals.

A tiny perfect bound leather book held between a thumb and index and middle fingers
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The Odd and Rare

Celebrate UT Knoxville’s 225 year with treasures from the UT Libraries’ Special Collections.

Theater teacher Alison Manning and her students on set
The Last Word

Remembering Why

Teaching is not easy. It is more than making awesome lesson plans, having great test scores and getting a top score on an evaluation. It took me a few years to realize that.

The Rock at UT painted orange with what looks like a white paper with a hand drawn UT design pinned to it
News and Updates

T-Shirt Story Goes Viral

This fall, the internet went wild over the story of a Florida fourth grader who created his own UT design for college colors day.