MSCS avoids state takeover this year as lawmakers adjourn
A growing cadre of opponents of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools state-takeovver bill — including elected school board members, interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond, leaders of the local teacher’s unions and some education advocates — have argued the proposal is opportunistic and doesn’t address root issues like poverty that hinder students’ improved academic success. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian file)
Persistent disagreements about the kinds of authority an appointed board should have over the Memphis school system hindered the bill from advancing before lawmakers adjourned for the year late Tuesday, April 22.
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