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Committed to quality education, the Knoxville-Oak Ridge region offers a top-notch education for everyone.

Primary and Secondary Education

Education and Tennessee:

The Tennessee Department of Education is building a strong foundation for students through service, accountability, partnerships and innovation. Programs designed to achieve this goal are:

• Teach Tennessee encourages mid-career professionals to become teachers in subjects such as math
• Books from Birth provides books monthly to children in Tennessee before they enter kindergarten
• Reading First distributes over $100 million dollars for school age children
• Technology: Tennessee is committed to providing the best access to technology in the classroom. Virtual Tours, Distance Learning, and innovative partnerships are being integrated into school districts across the state
• Testing: Tennessee is a leader in accountability testing for all students. Pioneered for Tennessee, the TVAAS scoring system provides precise data measurement of techniques which best impact student achievement in Tennessee.

Tennessee also offers several other programs, improving the overall quality of our education system:

• Tennessee Honors Program
• School Community Partnership Program
• Project Grad
• Adopt-A-School Program
• BEST (Best Encourages Students and Teachers)

Higher Education

In addition to the main campus of The University of Tennessee, the region is home to eight four-year liberal arts colleges, four two-year and community colleges, four technical institutions and six technology training centers.

The University of Tennessee

• The main campus in Knoxville is the oldest and largest university in Tennessee
• More than 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students
• Offers over 90 major programs in nine different colleges
• Many of the 1,400 faculty members are nationally and internationally recognized for their contributions to research and teaching
• Fifteen colleges and schools with major research programs in the fields of energy, polymer engineering, advanced and composite materials, biomedical sciences and geological sciences
• Nationally ranked programs in accounting, business administration, logistics, nuclear engineering and education
• University of Tennessee programs and departments listed in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of top graduate programs include logistics, social work, law, education, audiology, civil engineering and physical therapy
• Classified as a Carnegie Foundation Research Institute, with over $253 million in external research funding
• With the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Science Alliance, UT is a world leader in theoretical and applied collaborative research
• John C. Hodges Library is the most modern in the south and the largest in Tennessee with over 1.8 million volumes and seating for 4,000
• One of six U.S. Internet II research institutions
• Nationally known College of Veterinary Medicine is one of only 29 in the country 4-year Colleges

Carson Newman
Carson Newman, a private four-year college has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the best educational value in Tennessee and one of the best in the south among colleges and universities that offer master’s level educational programs.

Johnson Bible College
Johnson Bible College is a private four-year college.

Knoxville College
Knoxville College is a private, four-year liberal arts college offering degrees in business, health sciences, communications, computer sciences, history, political science, psychology and music.

Lincoln Memorial College
Lincoln Memorial College is a private liberal arts university recognized for quality graduate programs in the fields of business and education.

Maryville College
Maryville College, a private, four-year, liberal arts college, is one of the 50 oldest colleges in the United States. For nine of the last ten years, Maryville College has been listed among U.S. News & World Report’s top 10 best liberal arts colleges in the south.

New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Knoxville
New Horizons is a locally owned franchise and part of the world's largest independent information and computer training company. It offers more courses and more times and locations than any other computer training company.

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