Nashville, Shelby County to appeal court’s dismissal of Tennessee school voucher case
Plaintiffs behind two lawsuits challenging Tennessee’s private school voucher law plan to appeal a judicial panel’s dismissal of their remaining.
How MSCS is trying to get pre-K programs — and preschoolers — back on track after COVID
When schools closed abruptly in 2020, derailing education for students across Memphis and the country, Jairia Cathey, a teacher at.
- by Samantha West, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- December 22, 2022
Memphis-Shelby County Schools asks parents to help with search for new superintendent
Tennessee’s largest school district is asking parents to play a larger role in the process of picking its next leader..
- by Sky Arnold
- December 21, 2022
MSCS and Millington school boards approve transfer of Lucy Elementary with 4-year transition
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Eleven days before a state-imposed deadline, the Memphis-Shelby County.
- by Samantha West, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- December 20, 2022
Tennessee could see nearly two dozen new public charter schools proposed next year
School districts across the state received 23 letters of intent this month for applications to open new public charter schools.
- by Sky Arnold
- December 19, 2022
MSCS and Germantown school boards back ‘three G’s’ settlement, ending 10-year dispute
The decade-old dispute between Memphis-Shelby County Schools and the Germantown Municipal School District ended Thursday as the two districts’ school.
- by Tonyaa Weathersbee, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- December 15, 2022
Shelby County Commission approves pact to transfer ‘three G’ schools to Germantown
The Shelby County Commission Wednesday moved closer to resolving a decade-old dispute over control of three schools in Germantown, approving.
- by Tonyaa Weathersbee, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- December 15, 2022
Germantown city leaders approve settlement to take over ‘three G’ schools from MSCS
City leaders in Germantown unanimously backed an agreement Monday that would allow its municipal school district to take over two.
- by Tonyaa Weathersbee, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- December 13, 2022
Public charter schools continue to find an easier path in Memphis than Nashville
Last week’s Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education meeting provided yet another example of how differently the state’s two largest.
- by Sky Arnold
- December 12, 2022
Amid MSCS’ national superintendent search, some in Whitehaven push for a local candidate
Beverly Davis, president of the Whitehaven Empowerment Zone PTSO, believes the next superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools should possess one.
- by Tonyaa Weathersbee, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- December 9, 2022