Tennessee Approves Tougher Student Standards

The state Board of Education has approved tougher standards for Tennessee students and dropped the Gateway exams.

The new guidelines include math all four years of high school and mandatory chemistry or physics in addition to biology.

The requirements will take affect in the 2009-10 school year and will...

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