Memphis moves from problem child to poster child on Tennessee’s new school improvement list

By Marta W. Aldrich and Laura Faith Kebede, Special to The Daily Memphian Published: September 22, 2018 11:34 AM CT

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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