There is good Hamilton County school news this week. Actually great school news.
High school students here made significant improvements over the past year in literacy.
It’s true that our children still trail the state in English, math, science and history proficiency, according to standardized test data released Tuesday.
But we made learning gains in literacy, and that’s a core building block for future growth in all other learning.
So, hats off to celebrate our high school students and their teachers. Hats off, too, to state education officials – especially Education Commissioner Candice McQueen – who persevered through last year’s TNReady testing roll-out debacle when the rigorous online testing system failed and had to be canceled for grades 3-8.