Top Tennessee lawmakers want to end Achievement School District
Students listen to instruction at Hillcrest High School, a Green Dot charter school in Memphis that is part of the state-run Achievement School District. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Chalkbeat file)
A 2023 study found the turnaround district’s effectiveness to be “indistinguishable from zero.” It could be closed as part of the legislation establishing a universal private school voucher program — but what would replace it is still unclear.
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Ian Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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