If lawmakers can agree this year, change could come quickly to Memphis-Shelby County schools, which is already primed for major upheaval in 2026.

Some Collierville and Germantown students will get Biblical education during school hours next year. It’s allowed by a 1952 ruling by the United States Supreme Court.

Overall, school officials have identified more than $400 million in deferred maintenance needed for the campus’ 133 buildings.

Chickasaw Middle could close at the end of the school year, one of five closures MSCS officials have proposed. The students would move to the Westwood High campus, making it a school for sixth-12th graders. 

Five incumbent Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members confirmed with Chalkbeat that they’re running for reelection.

The state law banning religious charters has not yet been legally challenged, nor has any lawmaker proposed legislation to amend the current law.

Memphis parent Chajuana Williams said she would miss the family history embedded at Georgian Hills Elementary if district leaders decide to close the school in June.

The University of Memphis has fired the head of its foundation, prompting the entire board to resign from the organization that oversees donations to the school.

Some suburban districts' grades were low due to Tennessee’s required growth for students with the most need.

Collierville is the only school in the area to offer aviation mechanics at the high school level.

About one in three local schools improved their letter grade, and one in five scored worse. 

Interim MSCS Superintendent Roderick Richmond speaks on possibly closing 15 schools, improving buildings and blight.

Discovery has stalled in former Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ Superintendent Marie Feagins’ lawsuit over her ouster, which began one year ago. A judge expects the case to pick back up in the new year as Feagins’ new attorney gets up to speed.

The Board of Trustees recommends that Memphis Theological Seminary shut its doors in 2026.

Days after being taken off probation by its accrediting body, CBU eliminates another 16 faculty positions

“This case presents a stark example of legislative punishment masquerading as election reform,” attorneys wrote in the lawsuit filed in Shelby County Chancery Court on Monday, Dec. 15.

The move closes a six-year chapter that started with a state investigation into the school’s finances.

Today, we’re talking to enterprise reporter Laura Testino about her first-hand look inside the facility and what the district hopes to accomplish. 

With no more scheduled meetings and winter break rapidly approaching, it looks like around 35 Memphis schools will go without cleaning starting Jan. 1, 2026.

After years of planning, renovations and security-equipment purchases, Memphis-Shelby County Schools debuted its “Real Time Safety Center” on Thursday. “We know seconds matter” during threats, the district’s interim safety and security chief said.

Three candidates have announced their intentions for the Bartlett City Schools board positions in next year’s municipal elections.

Up to 3,000 kids who receive needs-based prekindergarten in Memphis and Shelby County might not have pre-K centers to go to in January amid a funding crunch.

The decision ends a two-year period in which the Midtown university cut numerous faculty positions and programs and more than $4 million in expenses.

House Speaker Cameron Sexton has already said he wants to at least double the capacity of the Education Freedom Scholarships program, which launched this year with 20,000 seats.

Families at Lucy Elementary have known a change was coming. But MSCS officials recently proposed giving the school to Millington this summer, a year early.