Tennessee bill allows districts to ban undocumented students
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee House subcommittee has approved a bill that would allow school districts across the state to ...
Amid big shifts, Memphis school district’s enrollment is up, but still short of projections
At the end of August,109,636 students were enrolled in Tennessee’s largest district, 1,446 more than a year ago, ...
Who is Harold Ford Jr., and what is the former congressman from Memphis doing now?
Ford is a former Democratic U.S. Congressman who represented the Memphis area in the District 9 seat from 1997 to 2007.
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State could scrap Achievement School District for new approach
The proposal calls for dissolving the ASD by the summer and implementing a new model by the next school year. In the most ...
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State takeovers of school districts most often hurt academics. Could MSCS be different?
The Tennessee General Assembly is considering a state intervention in Memphis-Shelby County Schools following the firing of Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins. State Rep. Mark White proposes a model ...
Timeline, cost of TN audit of Memphis-Shelby County Schools unclear | The Week in Politics
Commercial Appeal politics and education reporter Brooke Muckerman will be hosting community office hours on March 10 from ...
Tennessee state lawmaker calls for dismantling state-run Achievement School District after years of low performance
State Rep. Antonio Parkinson believes the $2 billion taxpayers have spent on the Achievement School District has not been ...
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State takeovers of school districts most often hurt academics. Could MSCS be different?
Memphis is no stranger to the threat, or even implementation, of a state takeover of its school district. In 2010, the state devised a plan to take over the lowest-performing schools and move them ...