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Coupled with long training hours and lower wages starting out in their career, many aspiring barbers struggle to pay back their loans. → Read More
When Shelby County Schools leaders launched the Summer Learning Academy program in 2017, they wanted to boost student test scores as well as offer fun summer activities. So far, the district has... → Read More
Believe Memphis Academy leaders attribute the improvement to having more staff to support students and teachers in virtual learning, including six people dedicated to resolving technology issues and connecting families to resources. That way, teachers can solely focus on instruction. → Read More
The proposed initiatives would mostly be paid for by the $500 million from the district’s third round of federal coronavirus relief money. But in order to sustain the changes and help students "climb their way out of generational poverty," Ray, who’s approaching his second year as head of schools, said the district would need more money from city, county, and state governments. → Read More
Seven months into remote learning, Jalan Clemmons feels like most of his recent education has come from Google searches. When classrooms in Memphis reopened last month, it worsened... → Read More
Miska Clay Bibbs said Thursday that she doubts that the neighboring suburban system, Germantown Municipal School District, would continue to educate non-Germantown residents who live near Germantown Elementary, Germantown Middle, and Germantown High schools, known as the "three Gs." → Read More
The Shelby County Schools 2021-22 school year will begin Aug. 9 and end before Memorial Day. → Read More
Obstacles for recently out-of-state teachers will have more dire consequences in coming years, as the number of teacher vacancies grow. → Read More
Discussions about the school calendar are an early sign of a desire by teachers, students, families, and district officials to return to normalcy even as effects of the pandemic linger. → Read More
Not understanding what grades and test results mean was always an issue but became more urgent during the pandemic, said Sarah Carpenter, Memphis Lift’s executive director. → Read More
From spotty communication and shaken trust in school leaders’ ability to keep communities safe to moments of joy and connection, what happened at Treadwell was a preview of the challenges and successes to come in pandemic education. → Read More
The district is moving forward with a plan to hold back second graders who are behind in reading as state implements similar policy for third graders. → Read More
About a fourth of Memphis middle and high school students were expected to return to campuses Monday, after Tennessee pressured district to reopen → Read More
More than 17,000 elementary students, about a third, were expected to return to Shelby County Schools classrooms Monday. → Read More
Here’s what we know. → Read More
Superintendent Joris Ray said he still stands behind the proposal, but wants to gather more feedback before deciding whether to bring the contract back for a vote. → Read More
Shelby County Schools has avoided most of the tension with unions, compared with other districts nationwide, but teacher buy-in is still crucial to school reopening plans. → Read More
Shelby County Schools members will vote Tuesday in a $14.5 million contract over five years with Donyall Dickey's company Educational Epiphany. → Read More
The district is depending on Educational Epiphany to be a key driver in Memphis schools to meet state requirements for student reading levels. → Read More
The statement concerns two laws passed during a recent special session on education. → Read More