Interim Superintendent Toni Williams says closing Memphis schools isn’t the goal of facility reuse plan
Interim Superintendent Tutonial “Toni” Williams told members of the Memphis-Shelby School Board that closing buildings is not the goal of.
Author: Black teachers’ resistance to segregation 60 years ago holds lessons for teachers today
As a Birmingham, Alabama, native, Tondra Loder-Jackson was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. She.
- by Tonyaa Weathersbee, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- October 16, 2023
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.
- by Sky Arnold
- October 16, 2023
Three Memphis students honored with Keeper of the Dream Award
The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis announced Memphis-Shelby County Schools students Hannah Glenn, Jade Mitchell, and Ira Sharma as.
- by Reana Gibson
- October 12, 2023
State charter commission overturns one Memphis-Shelby County School Board decision and upholds another
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission provided a mixed bag for supporters of two public charter schools vying to transfer.
- by Reana Gibson
- October 10, 2023
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.
- by Sky Arnold
- October 10, 2023
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.
- by Sky Arnold
- October 6, 2023
Paul Young will be Memphis’ next mayor. What will that mean for education?
Downtown Memphis Commission leader Paul Young will be Memphis’ next mayor, a position that gives him no formal authority over.
- by Laura Testino, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- October 6, 2023
Charter Commission director sends mixed recommendations for public charter schools requesting a transfer into the Memphis-Shelby County School district
Tennessee Public Charter School Commission Executive Director Tess Stovall is providing mixed recommendations for two public charter schools seeking to.
- by Reana Gibson
- October 5, 2023
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.
- by Sky Arnold
- October 3, 2023