MSCS students making progress but TCAP scores are still low, data shows
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris M. Ray (right) chats with rising sixth grader Titus Simmon (left) on Monday, July 26, 2021 during summer learning academy at Lowrance K-8. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Just over 20% of third- through eighth-grade students in Memphis-Shelby County Schools are meeting grade-level expectations in English Language Arts.
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MSCS TCAP scores Superintendent Joris RayAarron 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.
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