Struggling charter schools ask Memphis board not to close them
Tyree Daniels (right), board chair for Memphis College Preparatory, speaks to Shelby County Schools board members during a hearing on the school's contract renewal. (Laura Faith Kebede/Chalkbeat)
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Laura Faith Kebede
Laura Faith Kebede is a distinguished journalist in residence at the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis. She leads the Institute’s Civil Wrongs project to write about historical cases of racial terror as a corps member for Report for America. You can follow her on Twitter @kebedefaith.
Shelby County Schools board members heard arguments from district staff and from Memphis Business Academy Middle, Memphis College Preparatory Elementary and Veritas College Preparatory ahead of a Jan. 28 vote to renew their 10-year contracts.
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