2012 Spring Fund Drive Monday, April 9 - Saturday, April 14

Is WUOT your source to discover and be entertained?

iPad3 You learn and laugh with your favorite programs on WUOT all the time. But now’s the time to support the station you enjoy during the Spring Fund Drive. Not only will your donation keep WUOT strong, but it will automatically enter you in a drawing to win the newly-released iPad 3! Yes! When you make a pledge by midnight Saturday, April 14, you’ll have a chance to win an iPad that will allow you to dictate emails, look at richly-colored photos, play an instrument, listen to music, record HD videos and much, much more!

Sustain the public radio station you care about with a donation and you’ll have a chance to win an iPad 3 at the same time. That’s a pretty good deal! Pledge now using our secure online server. Or, if you prefer, you can talk to a friendly volunteer until 8 p.m. Saturday by calling our pledge line at 974-5500, or toll-free at (888) 266-9868.

Contest rules and entry guidelines

AYP. Common Core. NCLB. Rigor. TVAAS.

At the Southern Education Desk, we cut through the jargon to let you know what’s really being done about education in the South. For more information, go to SouthernEdDesk.org.

Education Focus Group Scheduled for April 26

WUOT and the Southern Education Desk will host an Education Focus Group on Thursday, April 26. We’re looking for a diverse group of 12 people to participate. If you are interested in education issues and how they’re covered in the media, this would be an excellent opportunity to share your thoughts. The deadline to submit applications is Monday, April 16, by 5 p.m.

Details and application form

Saturday on "The Metropolitan Opera"
Verdi's La Traviata

La Traviata at The Met Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
Saturday, April 14, at 1 p.m.
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PolitiFact Tennessee is a partnership between WUOT News and the Knoxville News Sentinel. Each Friday morning, Chrissy Keuper sits down with News Sentinel reporters Tom Humphrey in Nashville and Michael Collins in Washington. They'll take a look at some of the comments being made by Tennessee's politicians and elected officials and attempt to separate fact from fiction. They'll put them on the Truth-O-Meter to see if their claims are legitimate or if their pants are on fire.
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Week 10 - Mar. 23: Michael Collins in Washington DC on a couple of Governor Bill Haslam’s education initiatives…
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Week 11 - Mar. 30: Tom Humphrey in Nashville goes in-depth on the state’s lottery and the Hope Scholarship…
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Week 12 - Apr. 6: Michael Collins in Washington DC on comments from Tennessee’s US Representative Marsha Blackburn…
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