Sullivan County Schools
Blountville, TN
Core Knowledge/Amplify (K-5)
November 14, 2019 - November 15, 2019
Media
Guest Article
The 74: How an English Language Arts Program Is Leveling the Playing Field in Classrooms Where the Majority of Students Live in Poverty
Sullivan County Schools, Blountville, TN 02/18/2020
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Sherre Vaughn – Sullivan County Schools, Blountville, TN
“And I thought, ‘What a connection back to the mythology! And the continuous layering of it.'”
02/18/2020
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Lize Bailey – Sullivan County Schools, Blountville, TN
“She had all the odds against her to not succeed in my room, and she did and I know that it’s this curriculum providing what she needed and loved.”
02/18/2020
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Alesia Dinsmore – Sullivan County Schools, Blountville, TN
“They’re [teachers] really letting the kids own the learning, really let the children engage, and let them reteach, respond, stand up.”
02/18/2020
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Angie Baker – Sullivan County Schools, Blountville, TN
“I think the change for the teachers came in that the questions were planned to start with.”
02/18/2020
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Sherre Vaughn – Sullivan County Schools, Blountville, TN
“I would’ve never taken it that way and how deeply he had to be sitting there and thinking and pondering.”
02/18/2020
Press Coverage
News 5 WCYB: New curriculum from Core Knowledge earns praise from teachers, parents
"They're all engaged, they're all excited, they're all repeating what they've learned, and they don't want the lesson to stop." 11/14/2019