There are 9 article(s) tagged Memphis City Schools:
The 3G transfer might be one of the final stages of a saga that saw the brief merger of all Shelby County children under a single school system and the six municipalities’ subsequent secession and creation of their own districts.
The former Memphis City Schools, as recently as the early 1990’s, scored job candidates on their physical appearance, according to documents found by The Daily Memphian.
John Avis, a Memphis educator who had served in Memphis schools since the mid-1970s, died in a traffic accident.
A look at some key dates in a 12-year period that has seen historic changes in the structure of public education in Memphis.
Career in education spanned more than half a century in the classroom, school and nonprofit leadership and eventually reaching the highest level of state government.
Germantown is exploring the idea of adding a student to its board to help give insight into issues inside its schools.
Carol Johnson-Dean, superintendent of Memphis City Schools from 2003-2007, before leaving to take the top job at Boston Public Schools, will replace Andrea Miller. The LeMoyne-Owen board didn't renew Miller's contract.
By 1978, 40,000 white students had left Memphis City Schools, a move that contributed to Memphis’ 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.
African-Americans were not about to just show up at all-white public schools and trust that they would be accepted. It required the power of the federal courts – and in some instances the muscle of the federal government – to force change.
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