There are 23 article(s) tagged Dorsey Hopson:

• December 2024

  • From Herenton to Cash to Ray: How MSCS has selected superintendents

    The saga of Willie Herenton’s 1979 selection by the school system has influenced the pick of every superintendent since.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2024

• August 2023

  • One-year marriage of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools ended in a happy divorce — for one side

    It was the largest and shortest public school district merger in United States history. A decade later, leaders on both sides recall the road that led to an unhappy “shotgun wedding.” 

    By Don Wade August 14, 2023

• January 2023

  • Hernando DeSoto Bridge is a symbol of protest amid calls for reform

    As public officials expressed outrage about Tyre Nichols’ death online, the protests marking the release of the videos returned to the symbol of local protest in the age of Black Lives Matter — the bridges across the Mississippi River.

    By Bill Dries January 30, 2023

• August 2022

  • Here’s a look at the changes MSCS has seen over the past decade

    A look at some key dates in a 12-year period that has seen historic changes in the structure of public education in Memphis.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2022

• April 2021

  • Here’s what (Memphis?) Shelby County Schools will look like over the next 10 years

    “Reimagine 901” includes school closures, new buildings, improvements or expansions to existing schools, investment in deferred building maintenance, as well as bilingual immersion programs and fine arts.

    By Daja E. Henry April 20, 2021

• September 2019

  • Shelby County Schools lay groundwork for new buildings strategy

    Memphis residents will get a chance to “reimagine” what school buildings and academic programs will look like – and essentially rework a facilities plan left by the former superintendent.

    By Laura Faith Kebede September 26, 2019

• July 2019

  • Lin Johnson retiring from SCS financial post

    Lin Johnson is leaving after a four-year tenure with Shelby County Schools as deputy director for finance, human resources and information technologies. He hopes his legacy reaches beyond the numbers. 

    By Jared Boyd July 13, 2019

• April 2019

  • Eleven school superintendents in 60-plus years chronicle changes

    As board members of Shelby County Schools consider making interim Superintendent Joris Ray permanent, here's a look at superintendents who have lead Memphis schools over the past half century and how their selections altered the process. 

    By Bill Dries April 29, 2019

• January 2019

  • Shelby County Schools’ interim superintendent says he won’t ‘sit behind a podium’

    Joris Ray intends to be involved in his interim role as Shelby County Schools superintendent.

    By Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat January 28, 2019

  • Ray prepares for transition to helm of Shelby County Schools

    The incoming superintendent of Shelby County Schools prepares to take the helm with a transition that includes a further move by SCS into issues of equity.

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2019

  • Kirby High School comeback begins Monday

    Almost four months after it closed because of a rat infestation, Kirby High School reopens Monday to students who spent most of their first semester spread across three other campuses. The school returns with some new features and technology it didn't have before.

    By Bill Dries January 05, 2019

• December 2018

  • Hopson’s tenure at SCS defined by changes in map of schools

    The Shelby County Schools board is facing some important decisions as it mulls outgoing superintendent Dorsey Hopson's latest school consolidation plan and welcomes an interim leader. 

    By Bill Dries December 26, 2018

  • Shelby County hires Cedrick Gray as first director of education

    Cedrick Gray will start his new role as director of education in January if the County Commission approves his appointment. 

    By Omer Yusuf December 21, 2018

  • Hopson presents school consolidation plan to County Commission

    Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson outlined his school consolidation plan to the Shelby County Commission’s education committee Wednesday – which includes 28 school closures, 10 new schools and could cost the district at least $700 million.

    By Omer Yusuf December 13, 2018

  • Ray named interim Shelby County Schools superintendent

    Joris Ray, Shelby County Schools' chief of academic operations and school support, is the school system’s interim superintendent starting with the departure of SCS superintendent Dorsey Hopson next month.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2018

  • Plan for Memphis schools would fold 28 old schools into 10 new ones

    Shelby County Schools’ outgoing leader wants to consolidate 28 Memphis schools into 10 new buildings.

    By Laura Faith Kebede December 12, 2018

  • Hopson says still too many older schools at his exit from SCS

    Before he leaves his position as superintendent of Shelby County Schools at the end of January, Dorsey Hopson said he will have some “food for thought” for the SCS board on the size of the school system – the number of schools in the city of Memphis and unincorporated Shelby County, including charter schools and schools run by the state through the Achievement School District.

    By Bill Dries December 10, 2018

• November 2018

  • Hopson resigns from SCS for new role with Cigna

    Dorsey Hopson announced Tuesday that he is resigning as superintendent of Shelby County Schools to take a newly created national role at Cigna in January.

    By Omer Yusuf November 20, 2018

  • Dorsey Hopson leaving Shelby County Schools, sources say

    Sources report that Superintendent Dorsey Hopson will resign after five years of leading Shelby County Schools. Rumors of Hopson’s departure have been flying for months.

    By Caroline Bauman November 20, 2018

• October 2018

  • SCS leaders mark five years of improved performance

    The lyrics to “We are the World” were a bit of a stretch for students at A.B. Hill Elementary School. But “SpongeBob SquarePants” was a cross-generational hit during a celebration Monday for their move from a Level 1 to the top Level 5 for student academic growth in a single year.

    By Bill Dries October 23, 2018

  • Even in East Tennessee, gubernatorial candidates keep Memphis on the mind

    Memphis is about a nine-hour drive from Kingsport, but the city’s major topics were still on the minds of Tennessee’s two top gubernatorial candidates in the second gubernatorial debate, an East Tennessee event in which they sparred a bit for the first time.

    By Sam Stockard October 10, 2018

• September 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