At Christian Brothers University, modeling indicated campus would lose more than $4 million if all learning was conducted remotely. 

Churches, day care providers and other places are scrambling for state permission or funding to provide schoolchildren supervision and space to log on to online learning during the day.

It’s the first time students have attended in person school in Shelby County for nearly five months.

What Sheleah Harris did last week isn’t unheard of, but it’s also not the everyday occurrence.

Madonna Learning Center will welcome students back to school as early as Monday. Staff has prepared all summer to foster a safe environment where students learn and achievements are celebrated.

Health officials offer no guarantees but believe the odds of getting through the school year – albeit with some positive COVID-19 cases or even clusters – is reasonably good, assuming all those involved remain vigilant about social distancing and wearing masks and the overall community's transmission rate continues the recent downward trend.

On “Behind the Headlines,” the president of the University of Memphis says some students have been living on campus through the pandemic, in part because of the digital divide and because some students will have the flexibility to remain off campus after the return with hybrid classes.

Shelby County School Board gains one new member, with five board races on the ballot.

Memphis Oral School for the Deaf's unique teaching will resume next week as parents drop off their children. The school has taken additional measures to keep staff and students safe.

Robert Cooper used a line from the Eagles song “Hotel California” to argue that Metro Nashville and Shelby County will be hurt financially by the state’s Education Savings Account program.

The pandemic presents everyone with unique and unprecedented options. No school district has ever decided such matters, and there may not be a “one-size-fits-all” direction to take in this.

U of M needs several weeks of downward COVID-19 trends before it will consider bringing more students back.

Starting with small clusters of students, a Tennessee school became one of the nation’s first to reopen its campus to students during the pandemic. Within two days, a teacher with the sniffles tested positive for COVID-19.

Parents or guardians must pick up tablets or laptops on the designated days and times for their schools before online-only classes begin Aug. 30.

Millions have advanced their careers attending for-profit schools that operate virtually as well as through physical campuses. But the industry has a checkered history.

Collierville released a new reopening plan for elementary students. allowing those in Pre-K through 5th to attend school five days per week.

Private and independent schools have far more autonomy in the decision-making process as opposed to schools in the districts like Shelby County. 

When it comes to returning children to school or keeping them home during a world pandemic, school systems and parents must decide independently what's best for them.

About 80% of public school students are under Shelby County Schools and will start the academic year online. But some suburban schools, charter schools, and state-run schools plan to have a mix of online and in-person instruction.

U of M will reassess the situation in early September. In the meantime, President Rudd notes that the campus never closed and has density of students and staff of 35%-40%.

Collierville's Board of Education passed a resolution Tuesday night calling for five days a week of in-person classes, and giving the superintendent the ability to open schools in "the least restrictive manner" possible. The resolution will be sent to state legislators.

Shelby County teachers held die-in in front of the county building Monday to demand safe schools locally, statewide and nationally as the coronavirus pandemic grows. 

Some parents protested the district’s new in-person option for five days per week. Others feel the district made a difficult call, but the right call.

District officials are also looking for community partners to help parents unable to be home with their school children. 

A protest about police funding moved from Overton Park to the steps of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Saturday. When protesters attempted to move inside 201 Poplar, they were turned away by sheriff's deputies.