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Yesterday's shootings at Virginia Tech were hauntingly familiar for Jack McElroy. McElroy is the editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel. He was the Managing Editor of the Denver Rocky Mountain News eight years ago, when two students at Columbine High School in suburban Denver killed twelve students and a teacher before killing themselves...
Knoxville author Cormac McCarthy has spent his entire career avoiding the spotlight. So fans of McCarthy were surprised to hear that his latest novel "The Road" will soon be one of Oprah Winfrey's Book Club selections. Even more surprising is the news that the famously reclusive author may appear in a televised interview with Winfrey. Chris Walsh is a lecturer in the University of Tennessee English department and a renowned authority on McCarthy's books, many of which take place in Knoxville. Walsh tells WUOT's Chrissy Keuper that McCarthys reclusive nature may have cost him some readers over the years...
Bringing proper special education instruction to children with disabilities can be a challenge for both parents and schools. A one day conference on the legal requirements for special education is being held tomorrow in Knoxville. Attorney Wayne Steedman leads the law and advocacy training program. He specializes in helping parents understand the complex rules and procedures involved in assuring that no special education student is left behind. Steedman tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd that a school district must accomodate all disabled children, regardless of the district's size...
From January of 1692 through May of the following year, twenty people--mostly women--from the Salem Village of New England were executed as witches. Mary Beth Norton of Cornell University is in Knoxville today to discuss the Salem Witch trials. She chronicles this chaotic series of events in her book "In the Devil's Snare". Norton tells WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell there were several social prerequisites that contributed to the hysterical atmosphere of the time...
"Education" is one of those words that comes up every time you give a politician a microphone. As a political tool, it's an easy mark. After all, who doesn't want better education for our children? But the devil---as they say--- is in the details. What works? What doesn't? How do you pay for it? How do you know you're getting your money's worth? And how do turn political platitudes into meaningful, measurable progress? On this episode of Dialogue, WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell speaks with Silvia Peters. Ms. Peters has committed her life to finding the answers to those questions. Throughout her career as an educator, she's established a reputation for turning around under-achieving schools. And she's a co-founder of the Edison Project, a research-based model designed to help public schools raise their levels of achievement...