MSCS gets better report card in third year of state letter grades
About half of MSCS’ district and charter schools earned the same letter grade for the most recent school year as the one prior. About one in three schools improved their letter grade, and one in five scored worse. (Brad Vest/The Daily Memphian)
About one in three local schools improved their letter grade, and one in five scored worse.
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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