A Season of Scandal Leaves Memphis-Shelby Parents in the Dark on COVID Spending
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools, Tennessee’s largest district, received almost $776 million in federal relief funds to help students recover from.
Tennessee law could hold back thousands of third graders in bid to help kids recover from the pandemic
A retention policy tied to state reading test scores is drawing both support and skepticism.
- by Ariel Gilreath, The Hechinger Report
- April 7, 2023
Memphis School Board encouraged to let the public to submit questions to superintendent candidates
A member of the community advisor committee that’s helping guide the search for a new superintendent for Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
- by Reana Gibson
- March 1, 2023
Memphis community panel says superintendent search may be moving too quickly
The Memphis-Shelby County School Board isn’t planning to name a new superintendent until April but some members of the community.
- by Reana Gibson
- January 24, 2023
Commitment to diversity and change among the qualities Memphis parents want in next superintendent
Memphis-Shelby County School Board members received a clearer picture of the priorities parents want the next superintendent to have Wednesday.
- by Reana Gibson
- January 20, 2023
Is the ideal candidate to lead Memphis Schools already on the job? Some say yes despite national search support
The search for a new superintendent to lead Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) is seeing disagreement over whether the ideal candidate.
- by Reana Gibson
- January 18, 2023
Parent leaders say Nashville has one education challenge Memphis doesn’t have
Nashville and Memphis may have many differences, but two of Tennessee’s most influential parent advocacy organizations say the quality of.
- by Sky Arnold
- November 30, 2022
Memphis LIFT launches parent task force to give input on next superintendent
As the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board prepares to launch its first national superintendent search in a decade, Charles Lampkin has.
- by Samantha West, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- November 7, 2022
MSCS board will launch national superintendent search this month
The Memphis-Shelby County School Board will look nationwide for a replacement for its former scandal-plagued superintendent Joris Ray. The search.
- by Tonyaa Weathersbee, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- November 4, 2022
MSCS board picks finance chief Toni Williams as interim superintendent after Joris Ray resignation
The chief financial officer of Memphis-Shelby County Schools will serve as interim superintendent during the search to replace Joris Ray,.
- by Chalkbeat Staff, Chalkbeat Tennessee
- August 30, 2022