Most Hamilton County voters rate schools fair or poor, survey finds
The majority of Hamilton County voters believe the school district's quality is "fair" or "poor" at best and would support a tax increase to provide additional…
The majority of Hamilton County voters believe the school district's quality is "fair" or "poor" at best and would support a tax increase to provide additional…
There are common reasons some students might think they're not cut out for college. They may be a first-generation American, or maybe their family can't afford…
Hamilton County high schoolers are scoring below state and national averages on the ACT college entrance exam.
Historically underserved students at Hamilton County Schools are underperforming their peers no matter what school they attend.
In an email exchange, a Hamilton County school assistant principal who has been named in a lawsuit alleging she did not protect a 13-year-old female student fr…
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp has promised to fully fund the proposed bid to build the new Tyner Academy after it came back $17 million higher than expecte…
As soon as Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Boyd Patterson opened the door to room 4212 at the now-closed Budgetel Inn, he pulled his blazer over his nose.…
The state's third grade retention law is now officially part of Hamilton County Schools policy.
The project to build a brand new Tyner Academy will cost around $17 million more than expected, but Hamilton County school board members assured the public the…
The Tennessee Department of Education is working to modify some of its K-12 assessment practices to comply with federal law.
State Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, is sponsoring a bill to bring the state's private school voucher program to Hamilton County.
A new college preparatory program for Hamilton County students is in the works, and it could be offered through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in f…
The Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence High will have a new home in Alton Park in the next academic year.
East Hamilton Middle School parents are forming a committee to ensure administrators follow through on their promise to enforce disciplinary policies and proce…
Many East Hamilton Middle School parents are outraged.
Some Hamilton County students could find themselves attending new schools if a rezoning proposal wins approval from the Board of Education.
Difficult and passionate exchanges erupted between Hamilton County Schools board members and residents Monday evening after the board suggested relocating stud…
Around 1,600 Hamilton County Schools students experienced homelessness during the last academic year, district officials estimate.
Hamilton County teachers have spoken. After a year without a contract protecting their time, working conditions and benefits, a new contract will be negotiated…
A group of East Hamilton Middle School parents is demanding the district strengthen and enforce its student discipline policies, saying administrators are fail…
A surge in illnesses this past week left Hamilton County Schools short-staffed and with too few substitutes to fill in.
Howard School students are tired of eating lunch on the cafeteria floor. They're tired of being late to school every day.
An East Ridge motel housing an estimated 700 people shut down Wednesday morning, following a motion from the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office.
Chattanooga is one of five communities in the nation that will serve as an apprenticeship opportunity hub, or what’s called an Apprentice Innovation District, …
Hamilton County public schools have approximately $84 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding left to spend.
Chattanooga is one of five communities in the nation that will serve as an apprenticeship opportunity hub, or what's called an Apprentice Innovation District, …
All eight of Hamilton County's public charter schools must amend their contracts with the school district to include a performance framework -- or language tha…
Hamilton County started this year off in good shape for staffing while districts elsewhere scrambled to fill positions amid a teacher shortage, but that may no…
Some Brainerd and East Ridge-area students may soon be assigned to new neighborhood campuses as Hamilton County school officials consider rezoning to relieve o…
Families with third graders in Hamilton County Schools may want to hold off making summer vacation plans -- or at least wait until spring assessments are over.
Hamilton County public schools have hundreds of fire code violations that have remained unaddressed for years, according to Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Offi…
Teachers at Hamilton County Department of Education schools must now keep their classroom doors locked during lessons as an added security measure -- and it ha…
A third of Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts students are out with the flu, so school will proceed virtually for the next two days, according to…
Tennessee's rate of high schoolers going on to post-secondary education has fallen to roughly 52% — a decrease of 9 percentage points from the onset of the pan…
Hamilton County Schools officials are in the early stages of forming a committee to review the Bible in the Schools curriculum, a privately-funded program that…
Some Snow Hill Elementary School parents are raising concerns about Hamilton County Schools' policies, alleging they weren't notified about an in-school child …
Hamilton County Schools honored several individuals and organizations during its annual Partners in Education awards breakfast Wednesday morning at the Univers…
Several organizations in Hamilton County have joined forces to transform local child care and early education in an effort to improve children's learning outco…
Hamilton County teachers will soon vote on whether they'd like to participate in collaborative conferencing, or negotiations, with the district on matters like…
A Hamilton County school board member was arrested Sunday for an indecent exposure charge from 2017.
Monday night was noisier than usual for residents living near Bess T. Shepherd Elementary School after a prayer could be heard blasting over the school's inter…
Community members spoke at the Hamilton County school board Thursday night in support of a petition calling for board member Rhonda Thurman, R-Hixson, to resig…
Hixson High School's future-ready business institute has been rebranded to the Coca-Cola Business Institute following the company's $250,000 commitment to the …
Since August 2021, Hamilton County public school officials have penalized their bus vendor, First Student, nearly $480,000 in fines for failed service routes a…
Human geography teacher Ralph Covino of Girls Preparatory School is the first in Hamilton County to be named an American Geographical Society teacher fellow.
Brainerd Community Center has been renamed to honor the life and legacy of Chattanooga health advocate Chris Ramsey Sr., who died of complications from COVID-1…
After several hours of scanning done by teachers and volunteers, classroom library lists are posted on Hamilton County schools' websites.
Brandy Howard says her last straw was the day her daughter came home from school and announced she felt bad for being white.
Hamilton County school officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday evening at Lookout Valley Middle High to celebrate the opening of the latest future-re…
Last Thursday, Jenn Piroth's son waited at the bus stop for more than an hour before his bus finally arrived. Unfortunately, this has become a regular occurren…