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Opinion: Mayor Harris isn’t listening to Memphis families about MSCS

sarah@thememphislift.org (Sarah Carpenter) — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 21:05:37 -0500

“Instead of waiting for the school board election, we demand an immediate, concrete commitment to fix our schools and restore public trust.”

Opinion: Parents want accountability at MSCS. Students deserve it

sarah@thememphislift.org (Sarah Carpenter) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:00:01 -0500

“If the ASD was a ‘failed experiment,’ then what do we call decades of schools where almost no child can read?”

Guest column: What Memphis can learn from Houston's school turnaround

editor@dailymemphian.com (Mark Sturgis) — Thu, 6 Mar 2025 04:00:07 -0600

“What we saw was inspiring — and it should serve as a roadmap for what’s possible here in Memphis, regardless if that’s through our local board of education or through state intervention.”

Let’s help a whole city of kids

sarah@thememphislift.org (Sarah Carpenter) — Wed, 6 Feb 2019 17:03:49 -0600

People talk about school choice. But school choice doesn’t truly exist if parents don’t have access to good schools. There is a solution that can help: unified enrollment.