“Tennessee students did well relative to other states, and we did better than some of our neighbors,” Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds said.

A new agreement will allow Shelby County Health Department to provide screenings, treatment, preventative care and education to public middle and high school students, whose HIV infection rates are rising at an alarming rate. 

The Education Freedom Act passed the state House Education Committe, the House Government Operations Committee, the House Finance Ways and Means Committee and the House Calendar and Rules Committee.

City University School of Independence is among a handful of Memphis-Shelby County Schools charters farthest from initial enrollment goals. 

The covered 110-yard outdoor practice facility announced by Superintendent David Stephens is expected to cost between $2 million and $3 million. Stephens said he hopes to start the planning process later this year.

“Education, to me, is the great equalizer,” said Scotty Hendricks Jr., who Germantown leaders appointed to the Board of Education. “There is nothing that prevents someone that has education from being able to figure out how to overcome obstacles.”

The Daily Memphian obtained a document that shows Williams is banned from visiting schools in his capacity as a union leader for the duration of the investigation.

Germantown’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen appointed a member to the suburb’s school board. It’s the third time in the district’s history that city leaders have gone through the process.

The governor and the legislature’s GOP leaders are seeking even more funding for the program’s first year than the legislative analysis identifies.

With the discussion of school vouchers beginning this week, suburban leaders said they are watching the events in Nashville and hoping the special session doesn’t mean approval of the controversial approach.

Interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond, a career education administrator in Memphis, said he has interest in the permanent role. 

Under a new agreement, Southwest Community College students will have a streamlined pathway to earn a bachelor’s degree at LeMoyne-Owen College. 

Hundreds of high school jazz bands audition from all over the world to be invited to the Essentially Ellington contest in May. Only 30 bands make it — and guess where one of them is from. 

Students who complete the 2-credit course will earn DU ecology conservation certification. 

At last year’s event, Kyle Rittenhouse abruptly left the stage early, and protesters later chased his supporters across campus. 

The Daily Memphian analyzed the report that found Feagins violated an ethics clause in her contract eight times. Attorneys investigated a fourth, procurement-related claim, but could not substantiate it.

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“We’ve got several pathways,” Tennessee Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, told The Daily Memphian. 

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The funding aims to bolster interest in the humanities and provide an income for students who cannot afford to work unpaid internships.