Incoming Memphis schools leader Marie Feagins begins work, set to assume superintendent role April 1
Incoming Superintendent Marie Feagins has started working with Memphis-Shelby County Schools under a per diem agreement, allowing her to begin.
Senate passes legislation to provide public charter school students with better school buildings
Tennessee Senators voted 23 to 1 in favor of legislation designed to improve the school buildings public charter school students.
- by Sky Arnold
- March 1, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School community pleads with district leaders to keep middle school grades
Lauren Herring’s daughter spent two years at her zoned middle school before being accepted into Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 29, 2024
Three competing plans to allow students to attend private school with public dollars come with vastly different testing requirements
When Governor Bill Lee announced his Education Freedom Scholarship Act last year, he made it a point to say the.
- by Sky Arnold
- February 29, 2024
House committee advances bill to offer teacher assistance with childcare
Tennessee teachers could receive help with childcare under legislation that advanced from a key House committee Wednesday. Representative Scott Cepicky’s,.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 29, 2024
Audit finds Memphis-Shelby County Schools on solid financial ground
When Toni Williams took over as chief financial officer (CFO) for Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) in 2019, the district faced.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 28, 2024
Change in strategy cut chronic absenteeism at LEAD Academy
Chronic absenteeism has been an ongoing issue for public schools nationwide and it only increased following the pandemic. LEAD Academy.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 28, 2024
Classroom pride flag ban passes State House
A much talked about bill that would ban the display of pride flags in Tennessee public schools passed the full.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 27, 2024
House Democrats oppose legislation to support economically disadvantaged students in their districts
State Representative Justin Jones, D-Nashville, represents a district that touches four school clusters with some of the highest performing public.
- by Sky Arnold
- February 27, 2024
Democrats announce a bill to impeach Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds
Tennessee Democrats continued their push for the resignation of Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds Monday, announcing a bill.
- by Reana Gibson
- February 27, 2024