Chalkbeat Tennessee
Two of three Memphis school buildings left empty by state-run charters will get new life, including Raleigh-Egypt
Shelby County Schools has reclaimed a Memphis school building that formerly housed a state-run charter school that just moved across town.
This week, the former campus of Raleigh-Egypt Middle School began housing middle schoolers under the local district in Memphis.
District leaders posted a video Wednesday...
Inner circle: Here’s who Superintendent Hopson leans on to lead Memphis schools
Dorsey Hopson has been at the helm of Tennessee’s largest district for four years, but his cabinet has been a bit of a revolving door since the historic merger of city and county schools.
Only three members of his 11-person leadership team have been with...
Why Shelby County Schools has $84 million sitting in a savings account
Say your home air conditioner dies, and it’s August in Memphis. You don’t have enough in your checking account to cover the cost of a new one, but you have just enough in savings. The problem: After you’ve cleaned out savings, what if your...
Fifth-graders will study more Tennessee history to comply with a new state law
When lawmakers voted this spring to add a semester of Tennessee history to students’ education, they threw a curveball at new social studies standards that were approaching final approval.
Now the State Board of Education has announced how it plans to accommodate the new mandate....
Tennessee’s turnaround district gets new leadership team for a new chapter
Tennessee is bringing in some new blood to lead its turnaround district after cutting its workforce almost in half and repositioning the model as an intervention of last resort for the state’s chronically struggling schools.
While Malika Anderson remains as superintendent of the Achievement School...