Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | Kathryn Palmer https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/297 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2024 Summer reading camps are popular, getting results – and in peril https://dailymemphian.com/article/6018 <p>Read to be Ready camps first opened in 2016, and Tennessee has expanded the program annually with funding from the U.S. Department of Human Services. But state officials learned in January that the federal grant now has to be used for child care programs.</p> kpalmer@chalkbeat.org (Kathryn Palmer) Metro Education State Government Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/6018 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:44:32 -0500 600 new Memphis teachers ready for first day of school https://dailymemphian.com/article/6724 <p>During a recent orientation, newly hired teachers learned more about the Shelby County Schools focus on social and emotional learning.&nbsp;</p> kpalmer@chalkbeat.org (Kathryn Palmer) Front Page Metro Education https://dailymemphian.com/article/6724 Fri, 9 Aug 2019 16:03:54 -0500 U of M program trains teachers to get comfortable with robotics https://dailymemphian.com/article/6588 <p>A two-day robotics training program at the University of Memphis is trying to show teachers that leading students in robotics and technology isn&rsquo;t so difficult.</p> kpalmer@chalkbeat.org (Kathryn Palmer) Metro Education https://dailymemphian.com/article/6588 Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:53:25 -0500 Busing for integration was maligned by some, 'opened a whole new world' for others https://dailymemphian.com/article/6452 <p>By 1978, 40,000 white students had left Memphis City Schools, a move that contributed to Memphis&rsquo; distinction of having one of the largest private school systems in the country. Memphis schools remain starkly segregated, with 90 percent of students enrolled in 2018 identifying as black.</p> kpalmer@chalkbeat.org (Kathryn Palmer) Front Page Metro Education https://dailymemphian.com/article/6452 Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:05:00 -0500 10 new schools will open in Memphis this academic year https://dailymemphian.com/article/6407 <p>The openings and closings will bring the total number of Memphis charter schools to 82 &mdash; with Shelby County Schools overseeing 57 and the state-run Achievement School District overseeing 25 more.</p> kpalmer@chalkbeat.org (Kathryn Palmer) Metro Education https://dailymemphian.com/article/6407 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:39:23 -0500 New social studies standards address fear of religious indoctrination in schools https://dailymemphian.com/article/6089 <p>The old middle-school standards had varying guidelines on addressing the six world religions taught in world history courses &mdash; Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Shintoism. Now, teaching of the six creeds follows the exact same formula: origins, key people, sacred texts and basic beliefs.</p> kpalmer@chalkbeat.org (Kathryn Palmer) Metro Education Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/6089 Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:02:40 -0500 11 Memphis charter school applications rejected https://dailymemphian.com/article/5904 <p>&ldquo;The state has pretty clear criteria for what an academic plan should look like, what an operational plan should look like and what a financial plan should look like. None of those schools really met that criteria,&rdquo; said Bradley Leon, Shelby County Schools chief of strategy and performance management.&nbsp;</p> kpalmer@chalkbeat.org (Kathryn Palmer) Metro Education Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/5904 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:16:12 -0500 Hands-on learning drives teachers and students at Libertas https://dailymemphian.com/article/5841 <p>Inside the homey classrooms at Libertas, there are no desks lined up in neat rows. Instead, students and teachers sit at scattered chairs and tables &mdash; or on the floor if they prefer.&nbsp;</p> kpalmer@chalkbeat.org (Kathryn Palmer) Metro Education https://dailymemphian.com/article/5841 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 16:53:05 -0500