Steve Mulroy, Linda Harris and Janika White are contending for the Democratic nomination for the district attorney’s office and the right to challenge District Attorney General Amy Weirich in the August general election.
Bartlett City Schools held the line on its annual budget while providing salary increases for employees.
In recent years, staff dealt with COVID-19. They aimed to teach students in a safe environment while also abiding by ever-changing guidelines.
The large animal puppets will go on parade this weekend and be used in a dance program at the University of Memphis this fall.
State Sen. Jack Johnson said the current formula “is outdated, it’s antiquated, it’s difficult to understand. Quite frankly, it is broken. (This) rips that old formula out by the roots and starts with a clean state.”
Those schools have remained under the operation of Memphis-Shelby County Schools since the municipal districts were formed in 2013.
The university’s board of trustees announced Tuesday that the interim president will transition to the position permanently.
Weather and supply chain issues slow progress on new dorm, forcing Rhodes to nix requirement at last minute that all juniors live on campus.
The Senate made significant revisions to a bill affecting the ownership and operations of four Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
The Harwood Center, designed to work with special-needs students in early education, christened its new facility Friday on the University of Memphis’ South Campus.
Each year a Tennessee educator receives the James Madison Memorial Fellowship. History teacher Allison Collier is the 2022 recipient.
Marterius Boyd, an eighth-grade student at Memphis Business Academy Middle School, and Nikima Robertson, an eighth-grade student at A. Maceo Walker Middle School, were selected as national ambassadors to represent Memphis in a national Do the Write Thing celebration in Washington, D.C.
Senate and House finance committees are expected to take up the proposed Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) funding formula this week. A final vote in both legislative bodies could come soon.
Sectarian prayers at a government meeting notwithstanding, the General Assembly’s daunting task this session to allocate an additional $1 billion to education is more than a math problem.
Clubs and athletics are included in the cancellations.
Teachers would be required to provide lessons on Black history and the “virtues of capitalism” under a handful of bills passed Tuesday, April 12 by the state Senate related to civics and history.
As part of the NBA’s anniversary legacy program, the Grizzlies brought a new dance studio and outdoor basketball court to the school.
The region’s colleges and universities are undergoing an extraordinary transformation in leadership, virtually all within the same time frame, raising big questions about what’s next for higher education in the area.
The state House of Representatives moved on legislation Monday that could transfer three Germantown schools out of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district. But, does Germantown want the schools or the property?
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Growing out-of-state enrollment and declining in-state enrollment are due in part to the looming “enrollment cliff” and the university’s improved prestige and R1 status.
Some four years after its opening, Collierville High already is facing some growing pains and has plans for a new 29,500-square-foot expansion.
The event will be held Sat, April 2 at 10 a.m. at the Holiday Inn located at 3700 Central Avenue.
Memphis-area school systems are releasing students early due to hazardous weather conditions predicted for this afternoon.