The executive director of the Memphis Academy of Health Sciences, one of city’s oldest charter networks, was fired last week following an internal investigation.
Corey Johnson was placed on suspension with pay last month and fired on Dec. 3, according...
The architect of one of Shelby County Schools’ school improvement programs is out as its leader just as the program is set to double in size.
The Memphis district announced in a robocall to parents and staff of the Whitehaven...
by Cathy F. Hart, Special to The New Tri-State Defender
When a group of tech-savvy adults noticed the need for Black and Latino youth in Memphis to have more mentorship, networking and entrepreneurship opportunities, they created a space just for...
Veteran Shelby County Schools Board Commissioner Kevin Woods will continue on as the District 4 representative and seek reelection – a decision prompted by “the current environment.”
Woods has been an SCS board member since the merger of the old...
The “Product of” campaign was created to promote the fact that Shelby County Schools nurtures successful and influential Memphians. It wasn’t necessarily designed to be felt on the national level, but no one involved in its creation would have...
By Brandi Hunter, High Ground News
A St. Louis-based nonprofit has entered the Memphis market to offer free coding classes and job readiness support with the aim of increasing diversity in the technology field. Memphis is the fifth city expansion...
As a track star at Melrose High School in the 1980s, Rochelle Stevens had athletic scholarship offers from multiple big-name colleges and universities.
Given her talent, she may well have won Olympic Gold anywhere she laced up her cleats.
But Stevens...
A few weeks ago, Dr. Joris Ray resigned as superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), and the school board ended the investigation into whether he violated district policy by having inappropriate relationships with district employees.
The board also just recently...
Dr. Vernell Bennett-Fairs sat down this week with The New Tri-State Defender to give a vivid account of her journey to the LeMoyne-Owen College President’s Office.
“I was going to be the first vocalist to be successful across all the...
by Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell, Special to The New Tri-State Defender
In July 2018, Myiah Hill was a 27-year-old single mother of three, on public assistance and living in subsidized housing, making $5,000 a year and fresh out of options....