Marie Feagins, a longtime student advocate, faces new tests as Memphis superintendent

By , Daily Memphian Updated: May 28, 2024 6:28 PM CT | Published: May 28, 2024 11:18 AM CT
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Feagins has officially been superintendent for only about two months, but has been gearing up for this role for a long time.

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Laura Testino

Laura Testino

Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.


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