State could scrap Achievement School District for new approach
Teacher Jessica Alexander works with second graders at Frayser Elementary School in 2013. The school was then part of the state-run Achievement School District (ASD), an intervention for low-performing schools that lawmakers may scrap in favor of a new model. (The Daily Memphian file)
The proposal calls for dissolving the ASD by the summer and implementing a new model by the next school year. In the most severe cases, it could mean the state-mandated closure of a chronically low-performing school.
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter who writes about how public policy shapes Memphis. She is currently reporting from Frayser about education and housing. Please write her with your suggestions and story tips.
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