Two contenders for Memphis mayor say they have already decided they will not keep Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis as Memphis Police director if they are elected.

A new state bill working its way through the state legislature would provide options for deciding when to implement the third-grade retention process.

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The amendment would allow students to use their most recent benchmark test score to show they are proficient in reading and move on to the next grade.

The South Memphis congregation was the oldest African American church in the Presbytery of the Mid-South. 

The school board is set to name a new superintendent in April, with the person starting between May and July.

“Imagine being in the bronze age without bronze. We’re in the information age and they got no access to info.”

Physicist Alan Lightman has conversed with both the Dalai Lama and humanoid robot BINA48. Lightman is a MIT professor, bestselling author and native Memphian.

The school recently took home 19 awards from the 2023 Tennessee High School Press Association Awards, including Overall Best TV Station for its AHS TigerLife channel on YouTube.

“The biggest challenge we are going to face in education moving forward is defining the intent of our legislators.” 

Clinks of glockenspiels and bombastic symphonic tunes roared from the Snowden School gym as members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra joined the entire student body for the school’s third Orff Music Side by Side concert.

In the latest from our “Minor Offenders, Major Offenses” series on juvenile crime, criminalizing students for frequently missing school can actually make things worse: “You label a kid as delinquent, you actually create a future criminal.”

The amendment would provide students with another way to measure reading proficiency outside of the single, English Language Arts TCAP score currently used under the new law.

The plan, called Ascend, features a mission and vision for the university along with seven goals and eight foundational principles.

Southwest Tennessee Community College’s music program is expanding this fall to give students a hands-on industry experience.

Collierville Schools is looking to relocate its central office just west of its current building. 

Seven new Memphis-Shelby County Schools teachers signed contracts today in advance of their graduation from the University of Memphis’ River City Partnership program, which specifically works to prepare students for positions within urban school districts.

“We feel confident, considering the significant interest that already exists inside and outside of Memphis, that strong candidates will continue to emerge.”

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board voted unanimously to purchase 35.79 acres in Cordova for $3.579 million.

Tito Langston, the district’s deputy CFO, talked about the timeline for the district’s next budget and recent financial investments. Three surveys were also offered, and community members presented questions and concerns.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is considering the purchase of 35.79 acres in Cordova for a new high school.

Collierville Schools hired consultants to study the projected growth within the district. The study also reviewed whether current facilities will fit the expected needs.

The mayor and Board of Aldermen made its request last year and reiterated it again this month after DeSoto County Schools asked Olive Branch to approve putting classroom trailers at Career Tech East.

Max McGee, president of Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates, said the superintendent position at Memphis-Shelby County Schools has already attracted three candidates from three other states.

The library branch has been closed since MPD officer Geoffrey Redd was shot after responding to an altercation at the branch on Feb. 2. 

The inaugural cohort is composed of junior business students at the U of M.