Sophia Overstreet, 13, clinched a victory over 51 other spellers in the first Shelby County Spelling Bee since the competition lost its longtime local sponsorship.

Shelby County Schools leaders are urging charter families to choose another school for their children, as four charter operators await the Shelby County Schools board’s vote on whether to shut them down.

The state Board of Education voted Friday to uphold the decision of Shelby County Schools to not renew the charter of City University Boys Preparatory. The school will close in May, following the end of this school year.

Interim Superintendent Joris Ray said Thursday that he would introduce a new organizational chart for Shelby County Schools staff to reference: students are at the top; Ray is at the bottom.

As school board members approved a contract Wednesday for Shelby County Schools’ Interim Superintendent Joris Ray, a vocal contingent of principals, teachers, parents, and students told them that Ray should stay on long-term.

Gov. Bill Lee hinted that he soon will introduce a legislative initiative to give parents more education options for their children, even as Wednesday’s deadline passed to file bills for lawmakers to consider this year.

A school board committee said it would vote to reject an education philanthropy’s offer to pay for the district’s superintendent search.

Pressure is mounting on LeMoyne-Owen College president Dr. Andrea Miller to resign amid allegations of nepotism, apathy and campus-wide neglect.

Feelings are divided as Lakeland residents debate the cost of a new high school in the growing suburb.

The state board of education is being told it should approve a recommendation to shut down a small Memphis charter middle school after 10 years of operation.

The Shelby County Schools board unanimously voted Tuesday to close Gateway University charter school at the end of the current academic year.

The University of Memphis board of trustees approved a proposal Tuesday that will create a foundation enabling the university to get into the real estate business.

With just months to go before a company is supposed to take over Tennessee’s troubled assessment program, the state has yet to release its request for proposals.

The leader of Gateway University Charter School spoke publicly Monday, saying the school had made its share of mistakes in its first year, but that it deserved to stay open.

Shelby County commissioners will select an interim school board member next month, and interested candidates can apply as of Tuesday. The appointee will fill the seat Teresa Jones vacated following her recent appointment as a municipal court judge.

The University of Memphis may take the first step Tuesday to become active in the real estate market, taking advantage of a provision in the tax reform package Congress passed in 2017. 

After decades of what critics called an unfair enrollment system that favored well-off families who could camp out for days to get priority admission, 1,700 parents applied online for Memphis schools during the first hour on Monday, Jan. 28.

Joris Ray intends to be involved in his interim role as Shelby County Schools superintendent.

Gateway University – the Memphis charter school that district officials say broke state law – will have the chance to publicly make the case for why the school board should not vote to close the school.

The University of Memphis has received $1.4 million from an anonymous donor and the Suder Foundation to create a new office and establish a scholarship fund for first-generation students.

Penny Schwinn is scheduled to take the reins Feb. 4 of Tennessee’s education department, where she’ll oversee 600 full-time employees and work on new Gov. Bill Lee’s agenda for public education.

Most Memphis schools improved in academic achievement and student growth in the second edition of Shelby County Schools' “scorecard.”

The incoming superintendent of Shelby County Schools prepares to take the helm with a transition that includes a further move by SCS into issues of equity.

Germantown Municipal School District is further revising its transfer policy for nonresidents. The new policy would enforce tuition for students who wish to attend GMSD and live outside Germantown.

The University of Memphis has named Dr. Damon M. Fleming the new dean of the Fogelman College of Business and Economics. Fleming will be replacing former dean Rajiv Grover, who announced he was stepping down in May 2018 to devote more time to research.