Ray prepares for transition to helm of Shelby County Schools
The interim superintendent of Shelby County Schools starts Saturday, with his first school board work session as superintendent Tuesday.
Topic: Shelby County Schools
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January 2019
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Peer Power influencing high school students, mentors
A nonprofit organization credited with helping raise Whitehaven High School’s graduation rate by 14 percent in three years expects to take its innovative approach to more schools soon.
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Kirby High School comeback begins Monday
Almost four months after Kirby High School closed because of a rat infestation, it is set to reopen Monday with more students, upgraded technology and other new features.
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District rehired former Memphis principal accused of planning to rig tests – then fired her six months later
After quietly rehiring a former principal it had investigated for allegedly planning to rig state tests and for calling students the N-word, Shelby County Schools abruptly fired her last month, documents obtained by Chalkbeat show.
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Haslam’s last-ditch effort to kill school funding lawsuit falls short in Tennessee
A school funding lawsuit that has hung over Gov. Bill Haslam’s administration for more than three years has survived a third attempt in six months to kill it, including a “Hail Mary” legal maneuver before Tennessee’s Court of Appeals.
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December 2018
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Hopson's tenure at SCS defined by changes in map of schools
Leaders who were part of historic changes in Shelby County public education the past six years are beginning to change.
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Shelby County hires Cedrick Gray as first director of education
Shelby County has named former Jackson (Mississippi) Public Schools superintendent Cedrick Gray as its first director of education.
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New program places working artists in Memphis preschools
Fifty Shelby County Schools pre-kindergarten teachers and administrators began professional development workshops in early childhood visual arts curricula, art center management strategies and the connections between visual arts, literacy and early childhood development in late September.
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Even as suspensions fall, Memphis students being kicked out of school longer, data shows
Hidden behind what Memphis education officials have said is good news when it comes to student discipline is a disturbing trend: As short-term suspensions have decreased, expulsions have increased.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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November 2018
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Operation Warm coat giveaway at local schools warms bodies and hearts
FedEx volunteers and the national nonprofit Operation Warm blanketed two Memphis-area schools with TLC this week, distributing more than 700 winter coats at Hawkins Mill and Hamilton elementary schools.
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Suburban school districts finish high, SCS sees bright side of low ACT scores
Suburban school districts here finished at the top of Tennessee’s ACT scores, while Shelby County Schools came in near the bottom but is seeing improvement among its economically disadvantaged students and has four high schools above the state average of 20.2, its best score ever.
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October 2018
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Democrats reveal findings over McCormick's attendance record
Shelby County Schools Board member Scott McCormick missed 72 of 94 committee meetings from January 2017 to September 2018, according to records obtained by Tennessee House Democratic Caucus chairman Mike Stewart.
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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.
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Here’s what Tennessee’s big legislative turnover could mean for education
The battle to replace term-limited Gov. Bill Haslam has consumed the spotlight for Tennessee’s education-minded voters, but more than a hundred legislative races will decide who the new governor will work with on school policy for the next few years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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School systems putting safety money into officers, technology
Shelby County school systems are steering millions of dollars in new safety and security funds into technology and officers as part of a state plan to protect students and staff.
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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.
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September 2018
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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