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  • Education

    10 new schools will open in Memphis this academic year

    The openings and closings will bring the total number of Memphis charter schools to 82 — with Shelby County Schools overseeing 57 and the state-run Achievement School District overseeing 25 more.

    By Kathryn Palmer, Caroline Bauman July 25, 2019
  • Education

    Group withdraws request to house migrant children in vacant Memphis school

    Under a $3.7 million federal grant, the Georgia-based Baptiste Group had proposed operating a residential facility until 2025 at the former South Side Middle School, which until last summer housed a state-run charter school. But Baptiste withdrew its application after Chalkbeat started asking questions about the plan.

    By Laura Faith Kebede July 24, 2019
  • Education

    Shelby County Schools to focus on empowering African-American males

    Joris Ray, Shelby County Schools superintendent, says he wants to change the school district's approach to educating black male students, in order to "change the face of SCS and change the face of Shelby County and Memphis." 

    By Abigail Warren July 22, 2019
  • Education

    LeMoyne-Owen suit outlines problems between president, faculty

    A suit filed by the LeMoyne-Owen College Faculty Organization against the college and its board of trustees reveals the mistrust that existed between the administration and faculty before the college president was fired.

    By Elle Perry July 17, 2019
  • Education

    School turnaround model has not improved student achievement, research finds

    The state-run district took over low-performing schools in Memphis and Nashville with a goal of vaulting them out of the state’s bottom 5% and into the top 25% academically. The schools – 28 in Memphis and two in Nashville – have performed no better or worse than comparable struggling schools outside of the district.

    By Marta W. Aldrich, Caroline Bauman August 26, 2019
  • Education

    Governor promises ‘funding will be there’ for early voucher start

    Gov. Bill Lee said the state, which began its new fiscal year on July 1, has enough money to start the education savings account program for the 2020-21 school year. His decision to work toward an early rollout caught even some staff members in his education department off guard. 

    By Marta W. Aldrich August 26, 2019
  • Education

    Legislators leery of governor’s move to expedite vouchers

    State lawmakers are concerned rushing the Education Savings Account program could cause problems in delivery of state funds to student to enroll in private schools.

    By Sam Stockard July 15, 2019
  • Education

    After seven years, state’s Achievement School District struggles to show results

    Political support for the Tennessee achievement district could be waning. After the district’s high profile leader Sharon Griffin left this month, some state lawmakers are calling for hearings on its future.

    By Caroline Bauman July 14, 2019
  • Education

    Lin Johnson retiring from SCS financial post

    Lin Johnson is leaving after a four-year tenure with Shelby County Schools as deputy director for finance, human resources and information technologies. He hopes his legacy reaches beyond the numbers. 

    By Jared Boyd July 13, 2019
  • Education

    Manager named for Tennessee school voucher program

    Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn named Amity Schuyler voucher project manager. “She believes in education savings accounts. And to take the lead on this project, I need someone who believes in it,” Schwinn said.

    By Marta W. Aldrich August 26, 2019
  • Education

    Gov. Lee wants to launch education voucher program a year ahead of deadline

    The push is alarming voucher opponents, who worry that an accelerated rollout will be more prone to fraud in how the accounts, which will be loaded with an average of $7,300 a year, are used.

    By Marta W. Aldrich August 26, 2019
  • Education

    LeMoyne-Owen gets new accreditation for business degrees

    Katherine Causey, chair of LeMoyne-Owen’s Division of Business and Economic Development, said the college’s business programs are the largest and most popular majors at the college. 

    By Elle Perry July 10, 2019
  • Education

    New social studies standards address fear of religious indoctrination in schools

    The old middle-school standards had varying guidelines on addressing the six world religions taught in world history courses — Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Shintoism. Now, teaching of the six creeds follows the exact same formula: origins, key people, sacred texts and basic beliefs.

    By Kathryn Palmer July 09, 2019
  • Education

    A Memphis charter network leaves state district for local oversight

    Freedom Preparatory Academy, a 10-year-old charter network, will move its Westwood neighborhood elementary school to Shelby County Schools oversight — rolling back the 2014 state takeover of the school.

    By Laura Faith Kebede July 07, 2019
  • Education

    Feds OK contract between charter school network, Catholic diocese

    The federal guidance removes the final hurdle for Compass Community Schools to open its six campuses across Memphis on July 31 in former Catholic school buildings.

    By Laura Faith Kebede July 05, 2019
  • Education

    Summer reading camps are popular, getting results – and in peril

    Read to be Ready camps first opened in 2016, and Tennessee has expanded the program annually with funding from the U.S. Department of Human Services. But state officials learned in January that the federal grant now has to be used for child care programs.

    By Kathryn Palmer, Marta W. Aldrich August 26, 2019
  • Education

    Tennessee signs $40 million school testing contract

    British-based Pearson took over the student testing program July 1. The contract runs through June 30, 2021, and the state has the option to renew terms annually for up to three years through 2024. The five-year cost would be $93.1 million.

    By Marta W. Aldrich August 26, 2019
  • Education

    10 education laws took effect in Tennessee July 1

    School districts will have to follow (or be aware of) many new laws that didn’t grab headlines. Here are 10 such measures that become effective with the new fiscal year.

    By Marta W. Aldrich August 26, 2019
  • Education

    Memphis rugby player to be on world stage when she delivers game ball

    Jamiyah Brown, an 11-year-old rising sixth-grader and rugby team captain at Believe Memphis Academy, will deliver the game ball when the U.S. takes on France in a Rugby World Cup match Oct. 2 in Japan. 

    By Jared Boyd June 29, 2019
  • Education

    Shelby County Commission votes to approve SCS budget minus $7.5 million increase

    Shelby County School's $1.4 billion budget was approved Thursday by the County Commission. The district had asked for a $7.5 million funding increase, but the commission did not increase its maintenance of effort funding to the schools.

    By Linda A. Moore June 28, 2019
  • Education

    11 Memphis charter school applications rejected

    “The state has pretty clear criteria for what an academic plan should look like, what an operational plan should look like and what a financial plan should look like. None of those schools really met that criteria,” said Bradley Leon, Shelby County Schools chief of strategy and performance management. 

    By Kathryn Palmer June 27, 2019
  • Education

    Meet SCS Superintendent Joris Ray’s leadership team

    Of the 10 cabinet members who remain from the previous administration, six received raises since the beginning of the calendar year — increases ranging from about 4% to 31%, according to district data. The other four did not receive raises.

    By Laura Faith Kebede October 29, 2019
  • Education

    School board approves four-year contract for Superintendent Joris Ray

    Ray was interim superintendent for about three months before the school board abandoned a national search and unanimously voted to give him the permanent position in late April.

    By Laura Faith Kebede June 26, 2019
  • Education

    Funding approval will save 1,000 pre-K seats

    The pre-K funding will come from the county’s reserves and are expected to be replenished once a court case has been resolved, said commission chairman Van Turner, who did not say what case he was referencing.

    By Jacinthia Jones June 25, 2019
  • Education

    Hands-on learning drives teachers and students at Libertas

    Inside the homey classrooms at Libertas, there are no desks lined up in neat rows. Instead, students and teachers sit at scattered chairs and tables — or on the floor if they prefer. 

    By Kathryn Palmer June 24, 2019

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