There are 57 article(s) tagged Achievement School District:

• January 2019

  • Memphis school tries to complete turnaround using MLK’s values

    Martin Luther King College Prep has built its mission around several traits of the Civil Rights icon.

    By Omer Yusuf January 21, 2019

  • Aspire Memphis plans to spin off into its own charter organization, separate from the California group that founded it

    Aspire is spinning off its four Memphis schools into a new, independent charter school organization. The 1,600 students would officially transition at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year if the plan comes to fruition.

    By Caroline Bauman January 11, 2019

  • Educators combat chronic absenteeism in Tennessee’s state-run school district

    Research has shown that when students have more “familiar faces” around them in class, they’re less likely to be chronically absent, so nonprofits like Communities in Schools are sending staff members into local schools to combat absenteeism.

    By Caroline Bauman January 10, 2019

• December 2018

  • Tennessee’s turnaround district wins big chunk of $8.25 million grant for school improvement

    Ten schools throughout Tennessee that are academically behind are divvying up $8.25 million in new federal grants for school improvement, the state Department of Education announced Monday.

    By Caroline Bauman December 03, 2018

• November 2018

  • U of M, SCS partnership unaffected by Hopson’s resignation

    As Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson prepares to make his exit at year's end, another urban education leader will take the reins of a new partnership between Memphis’ public school district and its public university.

    By Michelle Corbet November 27, 2018

• September 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