For the last year and a half, Blount Education Initiative has worked closely with Mary Beth West Consulting, LLC, to develop and coordinate BEI’s public awareness campaign.  Mary Beth West and her team were recently recognized with numerous awards from the Public Relations Society of America Volunteer Chapter. BEI congratulates Mary Beth West Consulting for this outstanding achievement and thanks the agency for all its hard work. For more details about the awards, please read on: PRSA_Awards 

Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Greg Johnson helps share BEI’s message in a recent column he wrote about Tennessee’s winning the “Race to the Top” funding. Johnson recognizes Tennessee as a “true reform state in education” for its recents efforts that have been rewarded by the federal government. Tennessee won an award of $500 million in funding to support education. To read Johnson’s full column, click here. 

Want more jobs in Blount County?  If so, then it’s important for all citizens in the local area to ask a critical question – of themselves, according to the Blount Education Initiative (BEI).

BEI urges citizens who want Blount County to attract and retain employers that offer well-paying, secure jobs to first ask themselves, “Does my own education level offer enough to attract a new employer to Blount County?” Read more …