Memphis advocate Sarah Carpenter and three teachers of the year among those named to School Letter Grades Working Group

Memphis parent advocate Sarah Carpenter is joining a diverse mix of parents, legislators, state education leaders, and Tennessee Teachers of.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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Charter Commission accuses school district of “playing games” during appeal of American Classical Academy

Members of the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission unanimously overturned a decision by the Jackson-Madison County School Board Thursday and.

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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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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.

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