On March 26, 2020, 20 days after his retirement party, Kenneth Bradshaw died. He was 64. Now a summer camp scholarship will honor his memory. 

Shelby County schools will vaccinate about 1,000 of its students between the ages of 5 and 11 at the Board of Education this Friday and Saturday, according to the district. 

Germantown Municipal School District reverses course, returns to masking Tuesday. 

Christian Brothers University appointed David Archer, an associate professor and director of the MBA program, as its interim president, following the Nov. 5 departure of Jack Shannon.

Collierville Elementary is the only public elementary school in Tennessee to be recognized as an Apple Distinguished School

The newly elected president is a first-generation high school graduate from rural Arkansas. His unconventional path is one that many of the board members admired in their remarks last week. 

As the public awaits more details about the state’s new plan to fund schools, local superintendents are watching with curiosity and hope.

Acclaimed author and memoirist Carmen Maria Machado will appear at the University of Memphis Nov. 11 and 12. 

Bill C. Hardgrave, a provost at Auburn University, is the recommendation to be the next University of Memphis president. 

Shelby County Schools reported 52 new COVID-19 cases among students and 7 among staff at its public and charter schools this week, just as the first children between 5 and 11 years old are receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. 

Collierville Schools approves a resolution that cites several concerns with bill.

The University of Memphis’ third and final candidate for presidency is Teik Lim, the interim president at the University of Texas at Arlington and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. 

The third candidate’s information will be distributed Tuesday, Nov. 2, for the Nov. 4 open sessions.

On the WKNO program “Behind The Headlines,” Natalie McKinney and Terence Patterson also called for a move away from the idea that school choice for parents involves getting students to schools in other parts of the city.

Legislators voted to allow, but not require, partisan school board elections. The legislature also reviewed a number of bills related COVID-19 measures.

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Shelby County Schools reported 68 new COVID-19 cases among students and 20 new cases among staff at its public and charter schools this week. 

Cammy Abernathy, dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida, is one of three finalists for the University of Memphis presidency, according to a statement posted to the university’s website. She will visit the campus Tuesday, Nov. 2.

The Maxine A. Smith University Center commemorates the civil rights activist’s efforts to desegregate schools and universities in Memphis. 

As Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn made her latest stop at the National Civil Rights Museum Thursday night, she was met with a resounding message from local parents, advocates and educators. 

The finalists for the University of Memphis presidency have been selected and will be on campus next week, Nov. 1-5, according to an update by Carol Roberts, the chair of the presidential search committee. 

SCS’ October board business meeting discussed an uptick in violence, as well as the upcoming town hall for education funding. 

Bills are proposing making school board elections partisan. Some educators question the move.

In the latest of several ceremonies across the county, Tennessee State University and Shelby County Schools recognized hundreds of students Monday who are being awarded scholarships by the university.

Bornblum Jewish Community School hosts event to encourage students to get outdoors as well as raising funds for learning. 

The ruling mirrors those by federal judges in Memphis and Knoxville, where Lee’s order is also blocked. As a result, school districts in Shelby, Williamson and Knox counties can continue enforcing mask policies.