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Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.
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SCS Superintendent Joris M. Ray and Deputy Superintendent Angela Whitelaw joined Behind the Headlines to discuss what the full return to school buildings looks like and what the district is doing to keep students safe.
Shelby County Schools reported 516 new COVID-19 cases among students and 69 among staff at the district’s public and charter schools.
The Memphis Grizzlies unveiled a newly renovated library Tuesday morning at Gordon Achievement Academy, the two-time winner of the team’s “Read to Achieve” contest.
Shelby County Schools reported 490 student cases among the district’s public and charter schools and 89 cases among staff.
Parents staged a protest at the SCS Board of Education to follow up on their concerns about the safety of their children and what they said was distasteful mistreatment in a meeting led by Deputy Superintendent John Barker.
The figures mean there have been 1,650 cases among students since the start of the school year and 246 among staff.
Lewisburg Middle School in DeSoto County will transition to virtual learning Thursday, Aug. 26, after a recommendation from the Mississippi State Department of Health.
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Parents are expressing growing concerns about the safety of their children in schools. They want an option to send children back to school virtually.
A youth who died at Le Bonheur over the weekend has been identified as 16-year-old Westwood High student Azorean Tatum.
Some students at the University of Memphis are petitioning to make the hybrid model a permanent option for all courses.
Memphians are not happy with Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order allowing parents to opt their children out of mask mandates in schools.
SCS’ standardized testing data revealed the district’s weaknesses and gaps, widened by COVID-induced learning disruptions.
Newly released standardized test scores show a widening gap between Shelby County Schools and the rest of the state. Related story: Local suburban districts regress in TCAP scores
For the first time since March 2020, all Shelby County Schools students were expected to return to in-person classes amid rising COVID-19 cases.
The Tennessee Department of Education is considering its rules for enforcing the state’s new law regulating discussions of race in the classroom. Related story: Critical race theory: An explainer
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The specialized school will offer students the opportunity to earn an associate degree.
Private schools in the Memphis area are adopting various protocols for reopening with COVID-19 in mind.
As Shelby County Schools students gear up for in-person school Monday, Aug. 9, the district is revving up a new fleet of buses.
The Tennessee Department of Education released statewide testing numbers Monday, the first batch of data since schools closed in the spring of 2020.
As the start of the school year approaches, Shelby County Schools and surrounding suburban districts are releasing guidelines on how they’ll reopen safely, amid rising COVID-19 cases and uncertainty around the Delta variant.
State education commissioner Penny Schwinn visited an SCS Summer Learning Academy at Lowrance K-8 School.
Roblin Webb of Freedom Preparatory Academy, Yetta Lewis of Gestalt Community Schools and Bobby White of Frayser Community Schools joined Behind the Headlines to talk about what they’re doing to prepare for the return to classrooms.
Masks will be required when the coming SCS school year begins, but field trips, athletics and reopened playgrounds will come back again.