Behind the scenes, Herff College of Engineering leaders are working against time and odds to improve enrollment. 

In two years, the University of Memphis has gone from a high of $48 million in external funding to $101 million, with faculty “thinking bigger and applying for bigger grants.”

“One social media post can ... disturb a student’s whole day of learning,” said the head of a Memphis private school that bans cellphone use for younger students. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools violated federal civil rights law by not adequately responding to complaints of sexual harassment and assault of students in a three-year period, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced Friday.

The comedian, DJ, video producer and ‘poet laureate of Alabama football' is new to Memphis-Shelby County Schools. But he’s not as new to Memphis as you might think.

More than 2,300 students who were expected to attend district schools haven’t shown up.

Former Superintendent Jeff Mayo is remembered as a great leader by the Arlington Community Schools. 

“I think the autonomy should be left down there in the Whitehaven area so we can show y’all ... how to do these kids right,” Shelby County Probate Court Clerk Eddie Jones said. 

As campuses reopen, a shadow over Christian Brothers University is its probationary status.

He started college but quit decades ago. He never stopped wishing it could be different.

One Memphis-area school says numbers are down because standards are up: “If that means we experience a bit of pain for a few years with a decline in freshman enrollment, then so be it.”

The sold-out event is the group’s largest fundraiser and will provide $25,000 in scholarships this year.

As part of work it will do for the U.S. Office of Naval Research, the university will also build a 400-foot rain chamber. 

The new structure, outlined in a resolution sponsored by all nine board members, is a return to a precedent of the legacy Memphis City Schools district.

COVID, inflation and missing funding had some supporters doubting the project would ever be finished.

No Tennessee school system has indicated it’s working to train teachers or staff to be armed under the new law, according to dozens of school and law enforcement officials contacted by Chalkbeat.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools and Peer Power Foundation’s long-standing contract, which has received renewed focus following an Aug. 8 confrontation between MSCS’ superintendent and the foundation’s board co-chair, remains unsigned.

The City of Memphis is expanding its down payment assistance program to help more educators move to and live in Memphis. 

The new head of security for Memphis-Shelby County Schools abruptly resigned Saturday after an email sent Friday night from an MSCS board member questioned whether he had been accused of misappropriating funds at his previous job.

The University of Memphis owns the countless hours on its label, High Water Records.

“The goal is really, looking statewide to see how we can improve accessibility to jobs. And then if the solution works, the lesson learned in one city may be applied to another city.”

Ryan Strain and Brian Curry are hopeful to have another term after their first four years on the board.

Jeff Mayo, superintendent of Arlington Community Schools, has stepped down after a recent cancer diagnosis. 

A high school in Olive Branch reported the highest rate of chronic absenteeism countywide at 46.88%. 

Andy Ellis’ entire family is part of Germantown Municipal School District, and he wants to join them.