Yolonda Brown, Marie Feagins and Cheryl Proctor will face a round of in-depth interviews in January.

This week, for the first time under a 2016 law, Tennessee will give each of its public schools an A-F letter grade.

Superintendent Gary Lilly is leaving, so Collierville Schools carried out interviews for a new superintendent Friday.

Germantown Municipal School District will charge tuition next academic year for those living outside the suburb who want to attend the system’s schools.

The start of the interview process is a step toward hiring a new leader for Tennessee’s largest school district, which has been operating with Interim Superintendent Toni Williams in charge since August 2022, when Joris Ray resigned.

Some 2,000 educators were nominated for the honor, which recognizes contributions to music and the industry made by individual teachers.

The Memphis One-Stop Center is an accelerated training center that will produce credentialed job candidates for the region’s job market each year.

This year marks Riley Earnest’s third at Desoto Central Elementary School in Southaven, where she teaches fifth-grade science and social studies. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools hosted a press conference Wednesday, Dec. 13, to address parent and community concerns about a new after-school club that will rent space at a Cordova elementary school.

To address the problem, SCORE recommends strengthening existing policies such as the Tennessee Promise program, which provides tuition assistance for students to attend community or technical colleges.

One board member wants to ensure bonuses are in the budget next year. The board also took an opportunity to honor Superintendent Gary Lilly with a parting gift of $5,000.

Revenue will be used to make repairs, fund security-access upgrades. 

On Monday, Dec. 11, the suburb’s school board unanimously approved delaying construction by at least one year, pushing the timeline into at least fiscal year 2025.

The list of government entities opposing a school voucher program continues to grow as the Lakeland School Board passes a resolution against Gov. Bill Lee’s plan.

Germantown Municipal School District is poised to require tuition for students living outside the suburb’s limits. The board will vote on the matter Thursday.

Until a new program is approved, students in the major cannot take the state licensure exam. 

Collierville Schools has expanded its pool beyond three applicants presented last week.

“Our plans call for a small group of sixth-graders in the first year. We expect an inaugural cohort of around 12-16 students in 2024-2025,” said Peter Sanders, MUS headmaster.

Suburban school districts have come out swiftly and strongly against Gov. Lee’s expansion of the state’s education voucher program.

Rhodes College’s Health Professions Advising program students have acceptance rates to schools after graduating that outpace national averages.

Closed programs will end immediately, and the university said it will help the 15 students who are affected by the closures to get the classes they need. Faculty terminations will be final at end of the school year.

After a day of fretting Collierville Schools may not get holiday bonuses, the school board will consider the change on Tuesday.

Collierville Schools is not planning on giving its employees a bonus this holiday season, but other suburban school districts are.

Through TigerLIFE (Learning Independence Fostering Education and Employment), students receive a postsecondary education, gain employment and live independently in their communities.

Russell Dyer, Jeff Jones and Jerry “Brett” Lemley are vying to be the next leader of the suburb’s district.