Voters will have a say in naming the new high school, which will open in 2027. A mix of old and new names are on the ballot.

Through TIPS, eligible Tennessee families can get up to $1,500 to help pay for college.

The University of Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College and Rhodes College will celebrate Memphis Homecoming Week from Oct. 18 to 25.

The Lakeland School System has criticized the state’s focus on private school choice over fully funding special education pre-K classes.

Data from the Department of Education show students receiving income-limited Education Savings Account vouchers performed slightly better in reading exams than their MSCS counterparts. Both sets of students made gains in math, but at the same clip. 

Memphis Public Libraries, in an attempt to navigate the current political waters, has scrubbed its yearslong observation of Banned Books Week.

A map of local recipients of Tennessee’s voucher program expansion shows that most live in Shelby County’s top-earning zip codes. 

Trevin Wallace, 32, has coached the Pharaohs to a 2-4 record this season.

You know the best way to solve the ills of a community? With hope. There will be plenty of that at Whitehaven High School Wednesday — where they’re cutting the ribbon on a new STEM center.

“Absent an emergency or in the case of criminal misconduct, I do not believe the terms of elected officials should be shortened. As such, I hereby veto,” Harris wrote.

State Rep. Mark White (R-Memphis) will lead the National Assessment Governing Board which oversees “the nation’s report card.”

The Bayer building was once meant to be the district’s new headquarters. 

Board member Natalie McKinney won the position in a 6-3 vote that appeared to reveal lingering rifts among board members over its decision to oust Marie Feagins from the superintendent seat in January. 

The campaign season, with its new partisan battles, could also include a legal challenge from incumbent board members.

Dr. Kevin Schaaf, a Metro Nashville Public Schools reading specialist, said students are often fatigued and disengaged in class, stressed by the emphasis on test performance.

Beleaguered CBU lost a third of its student population from last year while other local colleges saw modest declines or, in the case of LeMoyne-Owen, a small increase.

When Brandi De La Cruz was deciding what she wanted to do with her life, a career as a high school math teacher was not on her radar. She wanted to be the next Martha Stewart.

Scott’s donation is part of a larger campaign by the United Negro College Fund to raise $370 million to fund a pooled endowment for each of the country’s 37 HBCUs.

Rhodes moved from Clarksville to Memphis in September 1925. A hundred years later, the college and the city still rely on each other to thrive. 

About 1,200 students will have to attend a new campus in the fall if the board approves Memphis-Shelby County Schools' plan to close four buildings and transfer a fifth.

Assessments of Memphis-Shelby County Schools' buildings estimated repair costs throughout the next 10 years. Costs to keep buildings in shape are expected to be among the factors that determine which Memphis schools may close.

The vote effectively shortens the four-year terms of office that five school board members were elected to in 2024.

Months after Tennessee launched its first statewide voucher program, the Tennessee Department of Education won’t say how many students are using it to attend private school.

Collierville Schools is hoping cell service is soon improved in the high school area. District leaders also heard an update on two sites they are purchasing. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools cut teacher vacancies by hundreds compared with this time last year, thanks to a bolstered HR team, an official said. More than 200 new hires hold conditional licenses, which expire in three years.