Alison Nickas 5/6/25 Alison Nickas 5/6/25

Report finds Knox County Schools has made strides improving its special education program, but still needs to address critical areas of concern

The district now exceeds the state standard for the percentage of students with disabilities spending greater than 80 percent of their day in a general education classroom and grades 3 through 8 outperform their peers statewide in both English language arts (ELA) and math.

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Rutherford County Schools leaders highlight homegrown training program for special ed and ESL instructors

Rutherford County Schools (RCS) leaders highlighted recent efforts to fill special education and English as a second language (ESL) teaching positions at Thursday’s Board of Education meeting.