New plans for the former Shady Grove Elementary include pre-K classrooms, new playgrounds, office space for district employees and resources for the surrounding community.

MSCS interim superintendent Toni Williams has decided she wants the top job — permanently. 

A tentative repair contract shows a projected final completion date of Aug. 15, a week after the new school year is set to start.

Interim Superintendent Toni Williams said a 10-year plan is in the works that would entail looking at building utilization, enrollment, school combinations, new buildings and wrap-around services for students.

The University of Memphis has brought back a former veteran professor to serve as its new and permanent second-in-command.

“As my school librarian taught me, not all books are right for every reader, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t right for the library.”

Former MSCS deputy superintendent John Barker has proposed a new vo-tech charter school for the district to consider.

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.