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The end of March marks the closing of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, an observance created in 2000 by the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation to increase awareness of the importance of regular screening to save lives and decrease the national burden of colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or rectum).

Governor Phil Bredesen and the Tennessee Department of Education celebrate the Week of the Young Child, April 2nd – 8th, to spotlight the importance of early education programs that provide a crucial beginning for children.

Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Commissioner George Little today announced the immediate ban of peanut butter containers in the state’s prison system in a sweep that began overnight and continues today.

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry today unveiled a new tool in fighting wildland fires in Tennessee.

The Tennessee Arts Commission will hold its next quarterly meeting at the Hunter Museum of American Art, located at 10 Bluff View, in Chattanooga. The meeting will be held Thursday, June 8, 2006 at 11 a.m. (EST).

The Tennessee Department of Education has embarked on a two-year project to improve the recruitment and retention of minority teachers across the state with the goal of maintaining a diverse teaching force reflective of Tennessee’s increasingly multi-cultural communities.

Seven Davidson County High Schools Participating In National Recitation Contest

March 24, has been designated as World TB Day to raise awareness, knowledge and motivation for action against tuberculosis (TB) worldwide.

Film Documents Life And Times At The Executive Residence From 1949 To Present Day

Three Tennessee Vocational-Technical Education VTE directors were recently honored for demonstrating outstanding innovation in their field.

Tennessee has roughly 13,000 FFA members statewide, supported by the Tennessee Association FFA and the Tennessee Department of Education’s division of vocational-technical education.

Adolescent pregnancies among African-American teenage females aged 10 to 17 are declining, from a rate of 25.4 per female population of 1,000 in 2003 to a rate of 23.6 in 2004.

Every 23 seconds, brain injury occurs in the United States. Approximately 5.3 million Americans currently have long-term or lifelong needs for help to perform daily activities as a result of a traumatic brain injury.

Tennessee was recently recognized by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings as one of five states leading the nation in closing the achievement gap for students with disabilities.

Governor Phil Bredesen has proclaimed March 6-10 School Breakfast Week in Tennessee i n recognition of the important role the National School Breakfast Program plays in the lives of Tennessee students.

Representatives of the Tennessee Department of Health joined Maury County officials and other state and local government officials in breaking ground for the new Maury County Health Department facility.

RIP, launched in 1969 by Nashville educators, assists parents in helping their own preschool children with behavior problems.