A Memphis principal was fired over flawed test scores. Should state law protect him too?

By Laura Faith Kebede, Special to the Daily Memphian Published: November 08, 2018 8:04 AM CT

Reginald Williams was set to retire as principal of a Memphis charter school at the end of the school year. Instead, he was fired just days into the new school year, shortly after state test results showed the school’s scores had plummeted.

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Laura Faith Kebede covers Memphis schools for Chalkbeat Tennessee. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and most recently covered county government, schools and religion at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

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