Shannon Coan

For Sean Corcoran, who leads Brainerd Baptist School, the rollout of Tennessee's newest program providing state funding for students to attend private schools had a completely different feel to it.

Hamilton County public school students academically outperformed those using state grants for private school tuition for the second year in a row, according to newly released state data.

For the third meeting in a row, Hamilton County school board members opted not to renew a long-standing contract with a community mental health center to provide school-based services for students.

As the Hamilton County school board prepares to consider new agreements with mental health providers next month, the previous long-standing provider is working to clarify its services and the reasoning behind school-based care.

On a sunny fall afternoon at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, two second-year students are instantly excited when they realize it's the school's new chancellor, Lori Mann Bruce, who just walked up to their table.

After the Hamilton County school board opted twice recently not to renew a long-standing contract with a mental health center, the district announced Wednesday it would put out an open bid looking for organizations that provide mental health services to students.

All Hamilton County school board meetings could be held over two days each month under a proposed change meant to streamline the process.

Joey Whitmire first began to fall in love with technology when he took a computer foundations class at Soddy Daisy High School.

In the year before Hamilton County Schools revamped its career and technical education programs in 2018, 66 students earned at least one industry certification. This past school year, it was 1,914.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will close several campus centers to comply with new state laws that bar public institutions from promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.