There are 467 article(s) tagged Shelby County Schools:

• October 2018

  • Memphis teacher groups want annual pay raises and more say in how they teach their students

    Memphis teachers will soon have the opportunity to change compensation, work hours, health benefits, and how they teach if they vote to negotiate a new agreement with Shelby County Schools.

    By Laura Faith Kebede October 17, 2018

  • Tennessee has a lot of early-career teachers, especially at schools with more students of color. Here’s why it matters.

    Alexis Singleton is one of thousands of Tennessee teachers in their early years of teaching. She’s one of 14 new teachers at her Memphis elementary school, and she’s seen firsthand the effect high teacher turnover can have on students.

    By Caroline Bauman October 17, 2018

  • Thirteen SCS high schools to establish network for freshman success

    Thirteen local high schools will soon implement a Freshman on Track Program for the 2018-2019 academic year as part of the first Freshman Success Network in Memphis. The network will be the first locally to include both public traditional and charter schools, and will be established through a partnership with Stand For Children and Shelby County Schools.

    By Natalie Pilgrim October 15, 2018

  • Democrats claim SCS stonewalling request for McCormick’s attendance records

    Tennessee Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Stewart accused Shelby County Schools Wednesday of stonewalling on an open-records request to prevent it from learning how many meetings Republican school board member Scott McCormick failed to attend.

    By Omer Yusuf October 10, 2018

  • Modern manufacturing inspires the next generation

    Last Friday, a group of students from Bolton High School toured Competition Cams Inc., a Memphis-based manufacturer of performance camshafts and other valve train parts. At the beginning of the tour, feet were dragging and yawns were contagious, but as students moved through the production process and more machinery came into play, they began to ask questions.

    By Michelle Corbet October 10, 2018

  • Democrats say Shelby County Schools covering for McCormick

    The Tennessee House Democratic Caucus is challenging Shelby County Schools, accusing the system of stonewalling on an open records request to keep it from finding out how many meetings Republican board member Scott McCormick failed to attend.

    By Sam Stockard October 10, 2018

  • Memphis high school’s prized planetarium still needs upgrades, but students are already fascinated by what it can do

    Keshawn Glover remembers hearing his dad talk about field trips to Craigmont High School’s planetarium decades ago, but last week the high school senior got to experience the school’s crown jewel for himself.

    By Laura Faith Kebede October 08, 2018

  • The state’s only dual-language program grows with Memphis’ Latino population

    It’s lunchtime at Treadwell Elementary and the school’s new optional program coordinator, Darlene May, is heading to the cafeteria. Along the way, she’s met by a dozen students shouting, “Hola!” through beaming smiles.

    By Cole Bradley, High Ground News October 02, 2018

  • Tennessee’s 2018 graduation rate steady at 89 percent

    Just over 89 percent of Tennessee’s public high school students graduated on time in 2018, maintaining the state’s record-high rate from last year, education officials announced on Monday.

    By Marta W. Aldrich and Laura Faith Kebede October 01, 2018

• September 2018

  • The Tipping Point: Albano brings experience to new Shelby County Schools role

    Editor’s note: Memphis stands at the threshold of incredible possibility. In this series, New Memphis introduces innovative Memphians who are driving our city forward and forging its future success.

    By Anna Cox Thompson September 28, 2018

  • At least 5 Memphis schools now risk a state takeover

    While Memphis mostly received good news when the state listed its most underachieving schools last week, at least five Shelby County schools appear to be at risk of state takeover.

    By Laura Faith Kebede September 28, 2018

  • 17 schools in Tennessee’s turnaround district remain priority schools six years after first takeovers

    Most of the schools that were taken over by Tennessee’s turnaround district remain on the state’s priority list six years after the intervention efforts began.

    By Caroline Bauman September 28, 2018

  • Shelby County Schools nets $4 million for school safety, security

    Shelby County Schools will receive nearly $4 million this year and smaller systems across the county will net tens of thousands of dollars as part of Tennessee’s Safe Schools Act.

    By Sam Stockard September 25, 2018

  • Burt named new SCS chief academic officer

    Antonio Burt, principal at one of Shelby County Schools’ first Innovation Zone schools and leader of priority and I-Zone schools, is the new chief academic officer for SCS.

    By Bill Dries September 25, 2018

  • Memphis moves from problem child to poster child on Tennessee’s new school improvement list

    The city that has been the epicenter of Tennessee’s school improvement work since 2012 got encouraging news on Friday as fewer Memphis schools landed on the state’s newest list of troubled schools.

    By Marta W. Aldrich and Laura Faith Kebede September 22, 2018

  • Airways Middle School zoning change leads with billboard

    Few items to be voted on at City Hall kindle controversy like the prospect of a new billboard. The controversy usually pits council members who see billboards as blight and oppose any proliferation of them against members who see them as a money-maker for property owners who lease their land for billboard use.

    By Bill Dries September 20, 2018

  • ‘Every Day in School’ program works with schools, parents to reduce truancy

    Siblings were truant at a Shelby County school last year because they had to share a uniform.

    By Yolanda Jones September 18, 2018