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GHS students and staff members voiced concerns about the potential closing of the school and the rest of the 3Gs as the suburb and Memphis-Shelby County Schools face a decision deadline.
The Billy Dunavant Foundation gift will establish the the Laura Butler Ford chair in nursing, three chairs in supply chain management and one in agritech and regenerative agriculture.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools announced the district’s highest graduation percentage in nearly 10 years.
Amazon has partnered with Memphis-Shelby County Schools, adopting 20 schools to provide assistance in the largest such partnership ever for MSCS.
The lawsuit was filed in August by one of the district’s two teacher unions, the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association.
Althea Greene, who has served as vice chair for the last two years, will replace Michelle McKissack as board chair. Sheleah Harris will replace Greene as vice chair.
A former teacher at Oakhaven Middle School and Wells Station Elementary School has been indicted for crimes against children, according to a statement from Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
In a lawsuit filed last month, the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association said teachers were asked, even “threatened,” to sign contracts without job descriptions or salary amounts.
“As an industry, higher education has not really had to work that hard,” University of Memphis president Bill Hardgrave said. “Those days are over.”
President Bill Hardgrave hopes to hire a new provost as well as several new deans by late spring or early summer 2023.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools has been named an advancing district under the Tennessee Department of Education’s district accountability rankings.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Deputy Superintendent John Barker has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation into a complaint levied against him.
Christian Brothers University placed in the top 20 in its category in the latest U.S. News and World Report college rankings, rising from last year, while other local colleges and universities fell.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools is taking issues with comments from Mayor Jim Strickland about enrollment and truancy.
University of Memphis professor Marty Lang talks about his new book designed to help indie film producers make a living.
Corteria Wright, who died in a shooting Wednesday night, was not killed by Ezekiel Kelly, the 19-year-old accused of going on a city-wide shooting spree.Related story:
The prayer event Thursday night was spearheaded by a local church to lift up the city and ask for help and healing because of the recent string of violence.
The University of Memphis is creating a new strategic plan, focusing on declining student enrollment and updating facilities — among other topics — and seeking a new provost, board of trustees members were told this week.
The city police department was dispatched to the area around 7:45 a.m. Friday, according to MPD. Data reveals an average of about 100 reported kidnappings per year in Memphis Vehicle located, one person detained in Fletcher case; family releases statementRelated story:
John Avis, a Memphis educator who had served in Memphis schools since the mid-1970s, died in a traffic accident.
Tutonial Williams, the finance chief for MSCS, will lead the district while it searches for a permanent replacement for former superintendent Joris Ray.
Deborah Perron Tollefsen’s appointment follows other recent changes in leadership at the university.
A week after accepting former Superintendent Joris Ray’s resignation, the Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education naming an interim replacement. Here are some of the likely candidates.
School board Chair Michelle McKissack says input from former superintendent Joris Ray isn’t expected, although the language included in Ray’s resignation agreement suggests he will be. McKissack said the clause was instead just standard language.
The Tennessee Department of Education said Thursday, Aug. 25, that it is still waiting to approve three schools but that they all have a “pathway to eligibility.” Opinion: School vouchers undermine public education Opinion: Education Savings Accounts give important choices to familiesRelated stories: