Shannon Coan

A low murmur filled a classroom at Orchard Knob Elementary as third grade students clad in headphones read books aloud or worked on literacy exercises displayed on their computer screen.

The story of Hamilton County Schools is one of a district with leaders and teachers that serve each and every student every day, Superintendent Justin Robertson said during his State of the System address Tuesday.

A Hamilton County school board member wants to change the grade bands the schools in the East Brainerd area serve in order to accommodate the district's growth.

Two groups looking to open charter schools with mixed-grade elementary classrooms are seeking approval from the Hamilton County Board of Education this spring.

At Hamilton County Schools, students can have phones at school as long as they are not seen or heard, but some school board members hope to change that.

A state lawmaker and school board member from McMinn County engaged in a tense email exchange over legislation giving thousands of families across Tennessee taxpayer funding to pay for private school tuition.

Tennessee Republican lawmakers want to allow schools to deny enrollment to unauthorized immigrant students — a move that would directly challenge a long-standing U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Steve Doremus, the spokesperson for Hamilton County Schools, died Monday.

Tennessee lawmakers approved legislation Thursday that would give thousands of families across the state taxpayer funding to pay for private school tuition.

A Tennessee lawmaker wants to require unauthorized immigrant students to pay tuition to attend public schools – a move that would challenge a long-standing U.S. Supreme Court decision.