Shannon Coan
Education Reporter at Chattanooga Times Free Press
education reporter @timesfreepress | past lives @bostonglobe, @beaconjournal | she/her
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2 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Shannon Coan
As Hamilton County Schools looks to reduce its budget, some school board members are pushing to ask local governments for more funding, rather than making cuts to programs like magnet school busing and substitute nurses.
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2 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Shannon Coan
Hamilton County Schools defends changes to staffing for students with disabilities 9 minutes ago by Shannon Coan Staff photo by Shannon Coan / Parents, teachers and community members filled the Hamilton County school board meeting March 13, 2025, to express their opposition to staffing changes in exceptional education.
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2 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Shannon Coan
Standing in front of Samuel Gooden's grave, Marco Ferri read aloud the biography he had written for the member of The Impressions and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. The biography wove together key elements of Chattanooga's history with Gooden's life, chronicling his time as a U.S. Army private during the Korean War and the integral role his music played during the Civil Rights Movement.
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timesfreepress.com | Shannon Coan
Hamilton County Schools students who attended district pre-K outperform peers, regardless of economic status 5 minutes ago by Shannon Coan Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Pre-K teacher Shaquita Ruiz watches as Jehlani Bentley draws the number, 14 at Hardy Elementary on April 2, 2025. Former Hamilton County Schools' pre-kindergarten students preform better academically, regardless of demographics, than their peers who did not not attend district pre-K.
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3 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Shannon Coan
Dear community, a quartet of young students read, do you remember the first time you stepped into a classroom? School is where students grow, make friends and build their dreams, one student said as the group traded off reading a letter to state Sen. Bo Watson, R-North Chattanooga, and House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, the sponsors of a bill that would allow school districts to deny enrollment to unauthorized immigrant students.
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