Memphis-Shelby County Schools considering designating 23 academic spaces for reuse to save money

The new Facilities Steering Committee for Memphis-Shelby County Schools will be evaluating a potentially major change for district buildings to

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Springs Empower Academy releases renderings of Rutherford County’s new public charter school

Springs Empower Academy students now have a picture of what their future school will look like. School leaders unveiled renderings

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Mold repair forces Memphis’ Peabody Elementary to remain closed for the school year

Students at Memphis’s Peabody Elementary School will continue to attend classes elsewhere for the remainder of the school year. Memphis-Shelby

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Charter Commission approves East Nashville native’s dream of opening Invictus Nashville Charter School

Dr. Brenda Jones made Nashville education history Friday by not just becoming the first Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) graduate

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Charter Commission approves new public charter school for Orange Mound and South Memphis

The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission unanimously cleared the way Friday for Memphis educator Muna Olaniyi’s dream of disrupting the

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Stanford researcher says Tennessee public charter schools are outperforming traditional schools

A Stanford University researcher says public charter schools in Tennessee aren’t just outperforming their traditional school counterparts, they’re doing so

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Jackson-Madison County Schools attacks “inconsistencies” in two recommendations for American Classical Education

Jackson-Madison County Schools made the unusual move Wednesday to publicly attack a recommendation by the Executive Director of the Tennessee

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Charter Commission director backs proposed public charter schools in Nashville, Memphis and Jackson

Four proposed public charter schools in Memphis, Nashville, and Jackson are all receiving new support from a key state board

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Comptroller report finds sports betting contributing more than expected to lottery scholarships

A new report on the lottery scholarship program found online sports betting is contributing tens of millions more dollars than

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Donelson and Hermitage parents ask state board to approve Invictus Nashville Charter School

More than 30 parents in Donelson and Hermitage wrote the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission to urge members to overturn

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