Memphis school board calls for charter moratorium

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Published: December 04, 2019 9:49 AM CT
Laura Faith Kebede
Special to The Daily Memphian

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

The Shelby County Schools board included the request to state lawmakers to hold off on charter approvals until the state evaluates how they are doing.

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