Education equity alliance launches in Tennessee
Education specialist Adriana Cortes (middle, in a file photo) works with fourth-grade students Stephen Escalante (left) and Zoe Centeno (right) while they attend virtual school at Las Americas. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Marta W. Aldrich
Marta W. Aldrich is the senior statehouse correspondent at Chalkbeat Tennessee. A newswoman for The Associated Press for most of her career, Marta has covered state government, politics, business, education and other Tennessee news. She has served as news editor of United Methodist News Service and features editor of American Profile magazine. Marta is a graduate of Memphis City Schools and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
The Tennessee Alliance for Equity in Education is organized by The Education Trust, which last year opened a state office in Tennessee.
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