OTP: Those making decisions are rarely educators. Pretesting pretty much makes the state tests invalid. You cannot measure growth (read TVAAS) without a baseline. This is the first rule I... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
Thanks for the summary. In looking for other positives, I am hoping that Hollins will recognize that Ed Davis can do good things on the floor, and hopefully that will... Read Story | Read All 1 Comment(s)
JuliusJones or whatever For Beale Street to be the number one tourist attraction in the state, someone must like it. As for drug sales, you could probably go to any... Read Story | Read All 15 Comment(s)
ArlingtonPop I have respect for what you post, however, you are not the final arbiter on whether a case is made or not. You are just another reader and poster,... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
Homersimpson Do not equate the teachers with the BOE and/or the administration. I have talked to many teachers that want the same as you. They especially want it now that... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
Once again I am not at all surprised but very happy that Harvard leads the way in education research, especially in science. This is the very proof that MCS has... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
@OTP No, deep down I think the truth is that you have made no case, all this was just more of your racist bullshit. Prove me wrong, friend. Show me... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
ArlingtonPop, Diogenes323 and GroveRev84 You are still trying to dodge the truth, however, deep down inside, you know the story. It is like Grove wrote, my grandfather lost everything in... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
@Tom Well, this is what OTP said, word for word. What part of the linked information do you think supports his position? "Food stamps were not given to target poor,... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
GEt over yourself OTP. Odds are once in a blue moon you will get it right. But your obsession with race is rather pitiful at this point. Here's a math... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
OTP, I really don't care to continue the argument other than to say that the only certainty is that those who are waiting for someone else (the government or anyone... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
Diogenes, Your link to the article on housing subsidies does not work to lead one to any useful information. Instead, it goes to a wiki page which states, in part,... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
But he'd fit right in down here in the south Senor, this, the south, Tennessee and Memphis, is the haven of fat folks.... Read Story | Read All 2 Comment(s)
@OTP Your links don't work, as usual. I am always ready to jump on the bandwagon of truth. You might try it sometime instead of constantly trying to put a... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
Diogenes and ArlingtonPop Ap, you are quick to jump on some-ones bandwagon when you think you got me. Well, Diogenes sold you a bill of goods because what was referenced... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
Love to see all the conspiracy theorists spring up like weeds (no pun intended) when a sleazy operation gets shuttered. The facts of the matter are that law enforcement officials... Read Story | Read All 15 Comment(s)
@Diogenes Thanks for posting the unvarnished truth. What I know you appreciate is that what you are hearing from OTP is nothing more than the spin that used to be... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
Diogenes323 How misguided you are in the framework of a democratic republic. First there is the Federal Constitution and the branches of government. Second there is the State of Tennessee... Read Story | Read All 94 Comment(s)
Well we finally know where the nut jobs go for their weekend hate weekends. Now this is where the government should make sure these "people" don't have handgun carry permits... Read Story | Read All 7 Comment(s)
OTP Wrong again. If you care to really look at the TRUTH on the free phones look here: http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_C… It's it called the Lifeline Program. The REAL story of The... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
@dj---- one thing about black folks....if you build it, they will come, lol. We don't have enough wealth to build individually, but will support things that are marketed towards us.... Read Story | Read All 94 Comment(s)
@OTP Just wondering, since all those programs were really put in place to help the whites, and the poor black folks were unable of get education and decent jobs, and... Read Story | Read All 50 Comment(s)
I truly wish whoever it is that owns/bottles/markets Willingham's sauces and rubs would consider opening a restaurant here. When it was on Brookhaven Circle, Willingham's was where I would always... Read Story | Read All 8 Comment(s)