TO
ADDRESS
ADDRESS THE ISSUES FACING TENNESSEE IN TODAY FROM TEN
NEWS. THIS IS INSIDE
TENNESSEE THE GOOD MORNING
AND WELCOME TO A SPECIAL
EDITION OF INSIDE TENNESSEE
RECENTLY MY COLLEAGUE ROBIN
WILL HORTON I SAT DOWN WITH
THE GOVERNOR AND FIRST LADY
OF TENNESSEE FOR AN EXTENDED
INTERVIEW THAT HAS LIMBS ARE
ON THE TAIL END OF THEIR
EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE AND
THIS SUNDAY WE BRING YOU OUR
EXTENDED CONVERSATION FROM
THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN
NASHVILLE AND THAT INCLUDES
THEIR BEST AND WORST DAYS IN
OFFICE. AND WHAT'S NEXT EIGHT
YEARS AGO WE HAD
THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET WITH YOU AT THE CAPITOL
TRY AND TALK ABOUT YOUR
ENTREE INTO THE WORLD AND
BEING THE GOVERNOR OF
TENNESSEE THREE PILLARS THAT
YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH ICE AT
TIMES EDUCATION THE ECONOMY
SLASHED BUDGET AND JOBS AND
SO WE WANT TO KIND OF WALK
RIGHT THROUGH IT STARTING
WITH EDUCATION. WHEN YOU LOOK
OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT
YEARS WHAT IS THE HALLMARK
ACHIEVEMENT IN THE WORLD OF
EDUCATION UNDER YOUR TENURE
BOUGHT A COUPLE THINGS YOU
ONLY TENNESSEE GOT RAIDED
THE FASTEST IMPROVING STATE
THE COUNTRY FOR K TWELVE
EDUCATIONAL SOUNDS A BIG DEAL
THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHERE WE'D
BEEN IN BY THE WAY THAT'S
THAT'S NOT JUST ART MUST
RATION YOU KNOW THE FOLKS
THAT CAME BEFORE US SAID A
LOT OF WHEELS IN MOTION BUT
IT WAS ABOUT US SAYING WE'RE
GOING TO RAISE OUR STANDARDS
OUR EXPECTATIONS HAVE AN
ASSESSMENT THAT MATCHES OUR
STANDARDS WE HAVE
THE EVALUATION TIED TO THOSE
THINGS SO THAT THAT THAT BALL
AND STARTED ROLLING BEFORE WE
GOT HERE IN OUR JOB WAS TO
KEEP IT GOING SO THAT WAS BIG
I THINK THE SECOND AND
THE PEOPLE THING PEOPLE
REMEMBER US FORCE OF
TENNESSEE PROMISE BE IN
THE FIRST EIGHT FOR TWO YEARS
FREE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR
TECHNICAL SCHOOL SO THOSE
WERE THE HALLMARKS BUT IN
THE DAY YOU KNOW I I HAVE
FOCUSED ON EDUCATION FOR TWO
REASONS ONE THE WORLD'S
CHANGING FAST AND EVERY TIME
YOU'RE AT RECRUITING JOBS
THERE ASK YOU ABOUT
THE QUALITY OF YOUR WORKFORCE
AS IN ONE SECOND THING IS
NOBODY WILL FORGET WHAT YOUR
POLITICS ARE YOU CAN'T
QUESTION THAT GROWING INCOME
INEQUALITY IS AN ISSUE JUST
THAT'S JUST WHAT THE DATE
ELSE NOW THE QUESTION IS WHAT
HE COULD DO ABOUT IT SO IF WE
JUST DIVIDE THE PIE
DIFFERENTLY OR WORK. I
DISAGREE I THINK IT'S ABOUT
GIVING PEOPLE A FAIR SHOT AT
OPPORTUNITY IN AT THE END OF
THE DAY FOR MOST PEOPLE IS
GOING EDUCATION WHEN WE'RE
WITH YOU YA SOME TALK ABOUT
YOUR WATCH YOU MEASURE THINGS
AND THIS IS THE SLOWER
THE ARE WE ON THE THIS QUOTE
FROM YOU WAS STOOD OUT TO US
IN AN INTERVIEW WHERE YOU
SAID FOR TOO LONG. WE SHOT
TOO LOW AND SETTLED FOR TOO
LITTLE RIGHT AND I THINK WE
SAW SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES
WHEN WE WERE RANKED IN
THE FORTIES ALL THE TIME BUT
I HONESTLY THINK
THE LEGISLATURE GETS IT WHAT
WOULD BE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE
MOVING FORWARD FOR THEM TO
LET GO OF THIS EDUCATION
FOUNDATION THAT YOU OUT. IT'S
A MISTAKE THAT I THINK WE CAN
MAKE BECAUSE OF SOME MISTAKES
THAT WE THAT HAVE HAPPENED
THE PAST YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR
WITH ISSUES WE'VE HAD AROUND
THIRTY AND READY AND END OF
YEAR TESTING LOT OF PEOPLE
SAY ALICIA STOP DOING IT BUT
I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE TWO
REASONS ONE IT'S A FEDERAL
REQUIREMENT BUT SECOND WE
NEED TO MEASURE WE NEED TO
SAY HOW MUCH THE DISTANT WERE
IN BETWEEN. LAST YEAR AND
THIS YEAR HOW MUCH HOW
ALICE'S TEACHER DOING
THE COMMUNICATING THE GOOD
TEACHERS WANT TO KNOW THAT BY
THE WAY THEY WANT TO KNOW
WHAT I'M NOT TEACHING WELL
AND WHEN I'M NOT IN SO MY
FEAR IS THAT BECAUSE OF SOME
OF THE STRUGGLES AND ISSUES
THAT WE'VE HAD WITH IAN READY
WHICH WE OWN THAT PEOPLE SAY
IT'S JUST ALL NOT WORTH IT
AND THROW IT OUT AND THAT
WOULD BE A BIG MISTAKE I
THINK THAT WOULD NEGATE A LOT
OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE
TALK ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE AND THERE HAS BEEN
A LOT OF CHANGE IN A IN
THE PAST EIGHT YEARS AND I
KNOW ONE OF THE FOCUSES OF
CHANCELLOR CHEEK WAS TO BE
ONE OF THE TOP TWENTY FIVE
RIGHT NOW WHERE THAT STANDS
NOW AS FAR AS THE DIRECTION
IS UP TO THE NEXT RIGHT TIME
CHANCELLOR AND PRESIDENT ON
THAT BEING SAID HOW DO YOU
ASSESS THE UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE ARE THEY MAKING
GAINS WHEN IT COMES TO
THE NATIONAL ROUND TIN SHEETS
YOU CAN LOOK WE'VE OBVIOUSLY
HAD SOME LEADERSHIP
CHALLENGES THERE OVER
THE LAST REALLY FIFTEEN
TWENTY YEARS BUT CAN A
REMARKABLE ASSET IF YOU LOOK
AT THE QUALITY OF OUR
STUDENTS NEVER BEEN BETTER IN
TERMS OF ENTERING A C T'S IN
GPS AND IN TERMS OF JOB
PLACEMENT WHEN STUDENTS
FINISH SO BECAUSE
THE STUDENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN
BETTER TO LOOK AT THE CAMPUS
ITSELF IT'S A WORLD DIFFERENT
THAN YOU KNOW WHEN I'M OLD
AND YOU ALL THAT WHEN FOLKS
OUR AGE OR IN SCHOOL AND IF
YOU LOOK AT KIND OF
THE EVERYTHING FROM THE MONEY
THEY'RE RAISING TO
THE GENERAL HEALTH OF
THE UNIVERSITY IS GREAT. I
PERSONALLY THINK ONE OF
THE BIGGER THINGS WE'VE DONE
IS THE RESTRICTION OF
THE BOARD TREATMENT FROM A
BORED TWENTY SEVEN FOLKS TO
ABORT ELEVEN NOT BECAUSE YOU
KNOW I THINK I'M YOU KNOW WE
NEED TO RESTRICT BUT THAT IS
THE SMALLER BOARDS OF ALL
STICK NO MATTER WHAT IT IS
WHETHER IT'S A HOSPITAL A
BUSINESS SCHOOL IN EVER
SMALLER MEANS MORE OWNERSHIP
IF IT'S BIG ETHICAL SOMEBODY
ELSE IS GOING TO WORRY ABOUT
THAT PROBLEM BUT IF I'M ONE
OF THE FEW I MEAN TO SAY WE
DON'T ISSUE ONE QUESTION WE
WANTED TO DRILL DOWN ON IN
KNOX COUNTY SPECIFICALLY
WHICH MEASUREMENT AND THAT IS
LESS THAN FORTY PERCENT OF
THIRD GRADERS READ AT GRADE
LEVEL WAS THAT SAVES IT SO
IT'S A SCARY SOUND BECAUSE
YOU ALL KNOW AND IT IS IS
CHRISSY TALKED ABOUT ABOUT
FIVE TIMES A DAY YOU KNOW YOU
LEARN TO READ UP INTO THIRD
GRADE AND THEN YOU READ TO
LEARN AFTER THAT AND SO THIRD
GRADE PROFICIENCY IS REALLY
THE KEY INDICATOR SO THE GOOD
NEWS IS WE ARE MAKING SOME
PROGRESS THE BAD NEWS IS WE
HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BUT
THAT'S ONE THING FOR FOLKS
WHO SAY YOU'RE EXPECTING TOO
MUCH OF OUR KIDS OR YOU KNOW
YOU'RE YOU'RE TESTING YOUR
TEST IS CAUSING TOO MUCH
STRESS HER OUT IS IF ONLY
FORTY PERCENT OF OUR KIDS
THIRD GRADER READING AT GRADE
LEVEL