There are 468 article(s) tagged Shelby County Schools:

• January 2019

  • Memphis parents submit 1,700 school applications online in first hour

    After decades of what critics called an unfair enrollment system that favored well-off families who could camp out for days to get priority admission, 1,700 parents applied online for Memphis schools during the first hour on Monday, Jan. 28.

    By Laura Faith Kebede January 28, 2019

  • Shelby County Schools’ interim superintendent says he won’t ‘sit behind a podium’

    Joris Ray intends to be involved in his interim role as Shelby County Schools superintendent.

    By Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat January 28, 2019

  • Gateway is only Memphis charter school flagged as low-achieving on district scorecard

    Most Memphis schools improved in academic achievement and student growth in the second edition of Shelby County Schools' “scorecard.”

    By Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat January 24, 2019

  • County Mayor Harris calls on U of M, SCS to lead way on minimum wage

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris calls on the University of Memphis and Shelby County Schools to lead the way on higher minimum wages. 

    By Lee Harris January 24, 2019

  • Legislation would let schools crack down on revealing clothes

    Rep. Antonio Parkinson of Memphis wants to require school districts to set codes of conduct for people who visit campuses to maintain a better standard of "decorum."

    By Sam Stockard January 23, 2019

  • Ray prepares for transition to helm of Shelby County Schools

    The incoming superintendent of Shelby County Schools prepares to take the helm with a transition that includes a further move by SCS into issues of equity.

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2019

  • Peer Power influencing high school students, mentors

    Even mentors in the Peer Power program are better defining their futures, discovering their passion for helping younger students could turn into a career.

    By Toni Lepeska January 14, 2019

  • Kirby High School comeback begins Monday

    Almost four months after it closed because of a rat infestation, Kirby High School reopens Monday to students who spent most of their first semester spread across three other campuses. The school returns with some new features and technology it didn't have before.

    By Bill Dries January 05, 2019

  • District rehired former Memphis principal accused of planning to rig tests – then fired her six months later

    After quietly rehiring a former principal it had investigated for allegedly planning to rig state tests and for calling students the N-word, Shelby County Schools abruptly fired her last month, documents obtained by Chalkbeat show.

    By Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat January 03, 2019

  • Haslam’s last-ditch effort to kill school funding lawsuit falls short in Tennessee

    A school funding lawsuit that has hung over Gov. Bill Haslam’s administration for more than three years has survived a third attempt in six months to kill it, including a “Hail Mary” legal maneuver before Tennessee’s Court of Appeals.

    By Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat January 03, 2019

• December 2018

  • Hopson’s tenure at SCS defined by changes in map of schools

    The Shelby County Schools board is facing some important decisions as it mulls outgoing superintendent Dorsey Hopson's latest school consolidation plan and welcomes an interim leader. 

    By Bill Dries December 26, 2018

  • Shelby County hires Cedrick Gray as first director of education

    Cedrick Gray will start his new role as director of education in January if the County Commission approves his appointment. 

    By Omer Yusuf December 21, 2018

  • New program places working artists in Memphis preschools

    Fifty Shelby County Schools pre-kindergarten teachers and administrators began professional development workshops in early childhood visual arts curricula, art center management strategies and the connections between visual arts, literacy and early childhood development in late September.

    By Elle Perry December 17, 2018

  • Even as suspensions fall, Memphis students being kicked out of school longer, data shows

    Hidden behind what Memphis education officials have said is good news when it comes to student discipline is a disturbing trend: As short-term suspensions have decreased, expulsions have increased.

    By Laura Faith Kebede December 17, 2018

  • Hopson presents school consolidation plan to County Commission

    Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson outlined his school consolidation plan to the Shelby County Commission’s education committee Wednesday – which includes 28 school closures, 10 new schools and could cost the district at least $700 million.

    By Omer Yusuf December 13, 2018

  • Ray named interim Shelby County Schools superintendent

    Joris Ray, Shelby County Schools' chief of academic operations and school support, is the school system’s interim superintendent starting with the departure of SCS superintendent Dorsey Hopson next month.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2018

  • Plan for Memphis schools would fold 28 old schools into 10 new ones

    Shelby County Schools’ outgoing leader wants to consolidate 28 Memphis schools into 10 new buildings.

    By Laura Faith Kebede December 12, 2018

  • Hopson says still too many older schools at his exit from SCS

    Before he leaves his position as superintendent of Shelby County Schools at the end of January, Dorsey Hopson said he will have some “food for thought” for the SCS board on the size of the school system – the number of schools in the city of Memphis and unincorporated Shelby County, including charter schools and schools run by the state through the Achievement School District.

    By Bill Dries December 10, 2018

• November 2018

  • U of M, SCS partnership unaffected by Hopson’s resignation

    As Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson prepares to make his exit at year's end, another urban education leader will take the reins of a new partnership between Memphis’ public school district and its public university.

    By Michelle Corbet November 27, 2018

  • Hopson resigns from SCS for new role with Cigna

    Dorsey Hopson announced Tuesday that he is resigning as superintendent of Shelby County Schools to take a newly created national role at Cigna in January.

    By Omer Yusuf November 20, 2018

  • Dorsey Hopson leaving Shelby County Schools, sources say

    Sources report that Superintendent Dorsey Hopson will resign after five years of leading Shelby County Schools. Rumors of Hopson’s departure have been flying for months.

    By Caroline Bauman November 20, 2018

  • Operation Warm coat giveaway at local schools warms bodies and hearts

    FedEx volunteers and the national nonprofit Operation Warm blanketed two Memphis-area schools with TLC this week, distributing more than 700 winter coats at Hawkins Mill and Hamilton elementary schools.

    By Wayne Risher November 09, 2018

  • Suburban school districts finish high, SCS sees bright side of low ACT scores

    Suburban school districts here finished at the top of Tennessee’s ACT scores, while Shelby County Schools came in near the bottom but is seeing improvement among its economically disadvantaged students and has four high schools above the state average of 20.2, its best score ever.

    By Sam Stockard November 02, 2018

• October 2018

  • Democrats reveal findings over McCormick’s attendance record

    Shelby County Schools Board member Scott McCormick missed 72 of 94 committee meetings from January 2017 to September 2018, according to records obtained by Tennessee House Democratic Caucus chairman Mike Stewart.

    By Omer Yusuf October 30, 2018

  • SCS leaders mark five years of improved performance

    The lyrics to “We are the World” were a bit of a stretch for students at A.B. Hill Elementary School. But “SpongeBob SquarePants” was a cross-generational hit during a celebration Monday for their move from a Level 1 to the top Level 5 for student academic growth in a single year.

    By Bill Dries October 23, 2018