SCS students return to classrooms for first time in a year
Monday was the first day of in-person classes for Shelby County Schools.
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March 2021
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February 2021
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Emotions mixed as SCS students head back to buildings
SCS teachers are preparing to be joined in their classrooms by students for the first time in nearly a year.
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Teacher feedback pushes SCS superintendent to delay vote on literacy contract
Joris Ray said he still supports the proposal to spend $5.6 million next school year on Educational Epiphany’s teacher training and take-home literacy flashcards for Memphis students, but he pulled a vote on the contract from this week’s school board meeting agenda.
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Suspended SCS principal is suing district on free-speech grounds
Principal Barton Thorne called it “shocking and disappointing” to be removed for speaking to students about the First Amendment.
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SCS teachers get vaccinated before return to in-person classes
Shelby County Schools teachers received vaccines beginning Wednesday, just days before their students return to classrooms March 1.
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In-school teaching could be a non-starter for some SCS teachers
SCS is requiring all in-school personnel to report to their school buildings, health concerns notwithstanding.
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More than 6,000 SCS employees set to receive vaccines this week
Just before schools are set to open next week, more than 6,000 Shelby County Schools employees will receive their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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SCS board chair: Political pressure, numbers driving return to classrooms
On “Behind The Headlines,” SCS board chairwoman Miska Clay Bibbs also said she is hearing from a lot of parents who will opt to continue online classes for their children — so many that she says it is possible some schools may have more teachers than students.
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SCS Superintendent Joris Ray receives vaccine alongside teachers
When Shelby County Schools teachers got vaccinated after a surprise last-minute availability, Superintendent Joris Ray “took the opportunity to stand with” them.
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Teachers jump at last-minute vaccination offer
After a late-night notification, teachers braved Monday’s weather to receive expiring doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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SCS to begin gradual return to classroom next month
SCS students will begin to gradually return to campus beginning March 1, the district announced Friday, with older students coming back a week later.
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The risks of reopening — and not reopening — Shelby County Schools
This episode of “Behind the Headlines” is part of a series of shows on education during COVID.
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Herrington: It’s time for SCS to offer in-person school option
Given what we actually know about COVID spread and what we should value, it’s never felt right to me that I could sit inside a restaurant dining room but my kids couldn’t sit inside a classroom.
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Most Memphis charter networks are reopening but most students aren’t returning
Charter schools run by nonprofit organizations are allowed to make their own plans about reopening buildings. That means about a quarter of Memphis students attend public schools that are not obligated to follow Superintendent Joris Ray’s decision to continue all-virtual learning.
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County Commission urges state to move up teacher vaccinations
The resolution, approved Monday, Feb. 8, in a unanimous vote, isn’t binding on the state. But it calls on the state to move teachers up in the vaccination line as a condition for reopening the state’s largest school system.
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The challenges of virtual learning and how to recover from “learning loss”
The conversation on “Behind the Headlines” with three experts in education reveals the complexities in reopening schools and helping students catch up.
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Opinion: Our kids are under house arrest
Dan Conaway: “Our kids, Memphis kids, our tomorrow, have to get back in classrooms. Today. Period. Every day they don’t is another day falling further behind.”
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SCS joins ranks of U.S. schools facing pressure to reopen
Gov. Bill Lee talked with SCS Superintendent Joris Ray about potentially returning children to classes by Feb. 15. Dozens of Tennessee counties have progressed to Phase 1b, which includes teachers in the vaccination priority list.
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SCS increasingly isolated as state’s only district without in-person classes
The state’s largest school system – Shelby County Schools – becomes the only school system in the state to have no in-person classes as Metro Nashville Schools resumes some in-person classes Thursday, Feb. 4.
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Race, politics and power loom large in dispute over reopening schools
Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray has stood firm with all-remote learning, and accuses state leaders of being out of touch with the needs of Memphis students, who are mostly Black and disproportionately affected by the deadly virus.
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Check your kids’ SCS devices; the filters may not be working
Some parents say the content filters on their SCS devices aren’t working and children can “Google anything under the sun.”
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Dr. Jon McCullers gives practical picture of pandemic response
In an address to the Memphis Rotary Club, Dr. Jon McCullers gave a practical picture of the road ahead for Shelby County’s pandemic response in 2021.
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Local virtual learning data points to student struggles
Memphis students are struggling with material taught during virtual learning, a top Shelby County Schools official said, pointing to test results.
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Chamber president seeks return to classes for SCS
Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Beverly Robertson sent a letter to Shelby County Schools superintendent Joris Ray and the board to urge them to reopen Memphis area schools.
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January 2021
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SCS to delay return to classes again
SCS students won’t go back to school on Feb. 8.
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