Lawmakers pass Tennessee Ready amendments

State lawmakers passed two bills relative to Tennessee Ready on Thursday and are expected to vote on a final bill next week.

Suicide awareness, prevention workshop upcoming

Lebanon Special School District and Wilson County Schools have partnered to address social and emotional wellbeing and provide the community with a suicide awareness and prevention workshop.

Wilson County Parents as Teachers celebrates 10th anniversary

The Wilson County Parents as Teachers program celebrated its 10th anniversary Friday with a Lebanon Special School District and Wilson County Schools family and community engagement luncheon.

Tennessee Ready testing issues persist

Problems with the Tennessee Ready online assessment continued Thursday, one day after state lawmakers questioned Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen following two days of Tennessee Ready issues throughout the state.

Hall named National Geographic Bee state semifinalist

The National Geographic Society recently named Walter J. Baird Middle School eighth grader Kaven Hall, son of Tricia Dittmer, a Tennessee National Geographic Bee semifinalist.

J.C. Bowman: The trouble with testing

With an infusion of $501 million federal dollars of Race to the Top money, we hurried to increase standards by adopting Common Core, which we corrected by moving back to state standards.

Guerrero serves in Boston during spring break

Guerrero was joined by Trevecca students Vanesa Gasca, Sarah Miller, Ashley Rust and Taylor Wise. The group traveled to Boston, where they will join a team of three Eastern Nazarene College students and two ENC faculty members.

Lebanon High School principal’s list and honor roll

Eden Anderson, Kendall Arnold, Alexa Barba Perez, Savannah Barton, Ryan Becht, Hayden Belcher, Abigail Bode, Zachary Bone, Willow Bowen, Jamie Boyd, Kiley Brasher, Aiden Britt, Jesse Brown, DeeAnna Christensen, Cadence Clark, Zachariah Corum, Jordan Crow, Ainsley Culbreath, Alana Deering, Tori Denney, Nicole Duke, Alexa Dunaway, Amelia Felts, Aaron Fulcher, Isaiah Gilbert, Hannah Goad, Avery Harris, Jude Hassell, Bailey Hayes, Sarah Hazen, Jonathan Hendrick, Isabella Hernandez, Kaitlynn Hibdon,

Next steps uncertain for Cumberland after council decision

Cumberland University president Paul Stumb said the next steps for the university are uncertain following the Lebanon City Council’s decision Tuesday to not donate $850,000 for the university’s housing project.

Council kills Cumberland Corner gift

The Lebanon City Council split its vote Tuesday on a potential donation to Cumberland University for the proposed Cumberland Corner project and ultimately denied the measure on second reading.

Lebanon school board recognizes Winfree Bryant students

The Lebanon Special School District Board of Education recognized 10 Winfree Bryant Middle School students Monday night for their accomplishments.

Council hears Cumberland Corner arguments

Lebanon Special School District Board gets new construction management

The Lebanon Special School District Board of Education voted in a construction management agency for future new school construction at its meeting Monday night.

Testing issues cause delays

What may have been a minor hiccup that caused a delay in state testing Monday, it increased the ongoing criticism of the exam, which many have called flawed and plagued with issues.

GALLERY: Wilson County Teacher of the Year Banquet

Thirty-two teachers of the year were from their respective schools were honored Friday night at the 20th-annual Wilson County Teacher of the year Banquet at Cumberland University. Tracy Brown, an ESL teacher at Mt. Juliet Elementary School, was