Update

Latest state TCAP scores suggest students returning to pre-pandemic levels

By  and , Daily Memphian Updated: June 15, 2022 6:38 AM CT | Published: June 14, 2022 2:59 PM CT
<strong>Tennessee Education Commissioner&nbsp; Penny Schwinn plays with Georgian Hills Elementary students on Monday, June 13, during the Accelerating Education Tour.&nbsp;This year, Tennessee had a 3% increase&nbsp;in the TCAP assessment participation rate.</strong> (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn plays with Georgian Hills Elementary students on Monday, June 13, during the Accelerating Education Tour. This year, Tennessee had a 3% increase in the TCAP assessment participation rate. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

“I am cautiously optimistic about what we have seen so far,” said Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent Joris Ray. 

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Aarron Fleming

Aarron Fleming

Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.

He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.

Abigail Warren

Abigail Warren

Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.


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