Opinion: Parents want accountability at MSCS. Students deserve it
Sarah Carpenter
Sarah Carpenter is a native Memphian and proud resident of the North Memphis community. She serves as executive director of The Memphis Lift, an organization with the mission to make the powerless parent powerful.
“If the ASD was a ‘failed experiment,’ then what do we call decades of schools where almost no child can read?”
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