A panel of three state judges ruled Friday that the ban targeting the Tennessee Education Association no longer needs to be blocked.

Chris Ivie expects the project to set standards for how temporary schools are built in an age of escalating weather disasters — the schools were destroyed by a March 31 tornado.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Manassas High School were just two organizations hosting back-to-school events Saturday, July 29, giving away free backpacks filled with school supplies. 

Germantown’s Board of Education must search for a new board attorney. Cheryl Estes died in mid-July.

The Tennessee Education Association and five state educators including two affiliated with MSCS filed a lawsuit against the 2021 ‘prohibited concepts’ law, banning certain discussion surrounding race and gender in public and charter schools.

As the first day of school and tax-free weekend approach, organizations, including the Memphis Police Department and Memphis Public Libraries, are helping students prepare with free school supplies.

With the start of a new school year less than two weeks away, Shelby County Health Department and partners will host a number of free clinics to get local families up to speed on required childhood immunizations. 

Christian Brothers University will introduce a fully online cybersecurity graduate degree program in January 2024. CBU Director of Graduate Computer Science Programs James McGuffee said the degree will help bring more IT professionals to Memphis businesses. 

Memphian Roman Neal II plans to study dance at Howard University. The scholarship is given to one incoming freshman fine arts student each year and covers four years of tuition.

MSCS is closing 18 summer program sites July 19 after a Tuesday evening storm led to power outages.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board followed district recommendations to reject applications for Humes Middle School, MLK Prep, Fairley High and others, but voted in favor of two charter schools.

TCAP results for Memphis-Shelby County School students show increased proficiency in 10 out of 11 subjects, including English Language Arts.

The Shelby County Commission appointed Latino Memphis CEO Mauricio Calvo to fill the District 5 Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seat.

Three Memphis college graduates discuss facing the possibility of no student loan forgiveness and how it could affect their future long term. 

Two Memphis-Shelby County Schools employees are finalists for state awards honoring their work in education.

The Shelby County Commission interviewed eight candidates who applied to replace former Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member Sheleah Harris during a committee meeting Wednesday, July 12.

The Memphis-Shelby County School board met for an academic committee meeting Tuesday to discuss education accessibility and progress for district students. 

One of Collierville’s assistant principals will be the next leader of Houston High School, and it’ll be something of a homecoming for her.

Faculty and students from HBCUs will partner with faculty and students from Rhodes on projects.

All Kids Academy is an internship program that trains U of M child development and family studies majors to educate Le Bonheur patients 5 years old and younger who are experiencing prolonged hospitalization. 

U of M executive vice president CFO-COO Raaj Kurapati will assume the position of executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer for UTHSC, a position formerly held by Kennard Brown.

“Tennessee is one of those states that has always prioritized education as number one so that’s why I’m so excited to be here,” said new Department of Education Commissioner Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds.

“Colleges are not typically just using race anyway — instead, they are typically considering race as one factor among many,” said a local law school professor. 

Four Bartlett High students are learning about some of the suburb’s inner workings during summer internships with the city.

The program gives Rhodes students a chance to work with community leaders and researchers to create projects about the Mid-South.