Sharonda Rose received recognition as the top school leader in the western district of Tennessee.

In a new statement released to the press on Thursday, Dec. 26, board Chair Joyce Dorse Coleman seemed to provide an accelerated timeline for terminating Superintendent Marie Feagins.

Christian Brothers University is debt free and expects its first budget surplus in many years, according to Brother Chris Englert, interim president.

The university’s new unit, headed by a global expert in sunflowers, focuses on how to boost agriculture specifically in the Mississippi Delta.

The applicants are a mix of current GMSD parents, lifelong educators and community volunteers.

“Where I come from, you call somebody a liar, you better have plenty to back that up,” said Feagins’ attorney, Memphis lawyer Alan Crone.

David Stephens’ contract was extended recently, continuing his service at Bartlett City Schools for four more years. Stephens is the district’s only superintendent since its inception in 2014.

The MSCS board has a history of lots of citizens showing up at its meetings in a bad mood. The political roundup also tracks how the city’s D.C. representatives voted on the plan to keep the federal government open. Meanwhile, the city council will meet at 4 p.m. in the new year instead of 3:30 p.m.

Nevertheless, state law requires Tennessee districts with D and F schools appear before the Tennessee State Board of Education for hearings. Such reviews could result in corrective-action plans or audits for districts or charter operators.

In a “Behind the Headlines” interview that will air Dec. 27 on WKNO, State Senator London Lamar talked about her Facebook post about Tuesday’s emotional school board meeting.

The Arlington Community Schools board put together its legislative agenda for the coming session with an emphasis on funding for special education and covering meals for students.

Supporters of Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins are focusing on changing one vote and saving her job. 

The grant for Southwest Tennessee Community College expands access to mental-health counseling, transportation and basic needs, including food and housing support.

Grant Wells, a teacher, joined hundreds of others in support of Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins Tuesday night. His explanation for the entire fiasco? “This is Memphis stuff,” he said.

Even though the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board voted to postpone a final decision on Superintendent Marie Feagins until January, it’s unclear if the rowdy crowd’s anger had any effect on the board’s thinking.

However, the termination proceedings will continue into the new year and be decided in the board’s business meeting at the end of January. 

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More turmoil at Memphis-Shelby County Schools could bring back proposals for state intervention in Tennessee’s largest school district, a state lawmaker told The Daily Memphian. 

Seeding Success leadership has spent months pitching the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission on the antipoverty plan. 

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There were no votes opposing the new Frayser high school, but word that the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board will vote on a possible ouster of Superintendent Marie Feagins cast a long shadow over the discussion.

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Fifteen football players were among the nearly 30 student-athletes that graduated Sunday at FedExForum.

Elisabeth “Buffy” Claire Langford’s doctorate of education degree in instruction and curriculum leadership: applied behavior analysis comes after a 23-year academic journey.