MSCS head Roderick Richmond is advancing plans to improve internal controls and district processes in response to forensic audit findings released last week. Now, the district has launched two websites to track progress.

Tennessee schools could limit digital access to K-5 students under pending law.

Tennessee House Republicans have inserted a student immigration tracking requirement into a pending voucher program expansion bill, linking two of the most controversial policies affecting state public schools in recent years.

Here’s what auditors CliftonLarsonAllen LLP found in district finances at a time of high leadership turmoil and financial change, with federal pandemic relief funding and a new state education funding formula. 

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An interim forensic audit report of Memphis-Shelby County Schools yielded 175 deficiencies.

Richmond’s contract allows the board to fire him for cause without any pay if he earns poor marks for business management or fails to implement required corrective action plans related to the incoming audit results.

The revote sets the stage for the elected Memphis-Shelby County Schools board to consider finalizing a superintendent contract shortly before Tennessee lawmakers make significant headway on legislation that would strip the board of those hiring and firing powers. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools designated 2,500 students with disabilities to take alternative state tests last year. That means 1,500 more than the federal cap are facing limited education paths.

SCO’s history dates back to 1932, and it is the only optometry school in Tennessee.

Two Memphis Republicans are backing legislation to block Tennessee school districts from funding lawsuits that oppose accountability measures like state interventions.

About a dozen campuses run by Memphis-Shelby County Schools will be subject to more academic scrutiny over the next year as officials work to improve the schools’ F letter grades.

This fourth-annual showcase helps students “get on the road to success financially and in their adult life.”

The number of people who have resigned from the program grows amid abuse allegations that school officials allegedly refused to address.

Remington teaches courses in the basics — knife skills, butchery, classic cooking techniques and plating — before students take a course that everyone simply calls “cafe.” 

Frayser? Trezevant? Frayser-Trezevant? As construction continues, MSCS will have to make up its collective mind.

The lawsuit is the second Marie Feagins has filed against MSCS since she was fired in January 2025.

The staff members’ departures will leave just two occupational-therapy faculty remaining, including the faculty member accused of mistreatment.

Freedom Prep is the only school in Memphis to have a National Geographic Photo Camp.

Schools that participate in the voucher program could choose to give students a different test than the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP.

Five of the seven members of UTHSC’s occupational therapy faculty resign, allegedly over school’s handling of a professor accused of mistreating students.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members voted 7-2 during a special-called meeting on Wednesday, March 18, to keep Roderick Richmond on his interim superintendent contract.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is returning to Rhodes College to speak Wednesday. Why isn’t Rhodes talking about it? That’s complicated.

Tennessee educators and immigration advocates oppose the student immigration bill, criticizing the additional logistical burden schools could face and data privacy concerns in a state pushing increasingly hardline immigration policies.

The Shelby County Youth Council has spent the past six months crafting a list of almost 20 policy suggestions. Now, they’re trying to get those recommendations into county and city budgets.

The elementary school was built in 1976 and has more than $6 million in deferred maintenance.