Carolyn Krause

2 weeks ago | oakridger.com | Carolyn Krause

Retired Oak Ridge educator reflects on why a Civics Community education is needed todayCarolyn KrauseSpecial to The Oak RidgerFor many years Keys Fillauer, recently retired Oak Ridge Board of Education chairman, co-taught a blend of civics and personal finance as a popular one-year course for Oak Ridge ninth-grade students. Civics is the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizens, the history of democracy and the ways that the U.S. government is designed to function.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Carolyn Krause

Keys Fillauer, former chairman and long-time member of the Oak Ridge Board of Education, as well as a retired civics teacher at two Oak Ridge schools, has received the 2025 Making Democracy Work Award from the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge. It was presented during the league's annual meeting on May 27 at 201 Café in Jackson Square. Keys Fillauer, left, receives the Making Our Democracy Work Award from the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge's Robin Graham.

2 weeks ago | oakridger.com | Carolyn Krause

Carolyn KrauseSpecial to The Oak RidgerA nationally recognized expert in artificial intelligence and data science and a principal investigator at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will address Friends of ORNL at noon Tuesday, June 10, at the UT Resource Center, 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike. His talk is open to the public. Thomas E.

1 month ago | oakridger.com | Carolyn Krause

The Tennessee General Assembly voted in April to approve $3.2 million primarily for funding the construction of the Scarboro 85 Monument in A.K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge. The funds will be released after July 1 when the state’s new fiscal year starts. According to a news release, $2.7 million will be spent to update the completed initial design of the monument and to cover the cost of the construction.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Carolyn Krause

The Tennessee General Assembly voted in April to approve $3.2 million primarily for funding the construction of the Scarboro 85 Monument in A.K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge. The funds will be released after July 1 when the state’s new fiscal year starts. According to a news release, $2.7 million will be spent to update the completed initial design of the monument and to cover the cost of the construction.