MSCS takeover could resume when board is ‘ready,’ judge rules
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools takeover board includes (from left) Dedrick Brittenum Jr., Beverly Robertson, Tyrone Burroughs, Shanea McKinney, Billy Orgel, Nisha Powers, Dorsey Hopson, David Mansouri and Karen Vogelsang. (Geoff Calkins/The Daily Memphian file)
How the oversight board determines what “ready” means could revive early criticisms from MSCS that the appointees lacked necessary structures to assume power over the school system.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools MSCS takeoverLaura 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. Reach Laura with questions, story ideas or tips: Ltestino@dailymemphian.com or Ldtestino.54 on Signal.
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