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...
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...
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...
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...
Shunskis Hamilton knew it could be done. She knew her Frayser students could excel in studying other languages and cultures. Broadening their exposure beyond Memphis and the U.S. meant opening up exciting avenues to living and working in an...
Gospel star Earnest Pugh’s alma mater is Millington Central High School, where he now is giving back by mentoring students in the school’s gospel choir once a month.
Pugh’s mentoring sessions with the Millington Gospel Choir are set for the...
Seven years after a domestic assault charge took Rodney Peterson out of the running to lead a Memphis middle school, he is set to become the principal of that same school this fall as it enters a new chapter...
Returning to his office after visiting Brewster Elementary School, where reality was being stretched to account for unexpected death of a 37-year-old teacher, Interim Shelby County Schools Supt. Joris Ray had several people waiting for him, including the associate...
by Angelica Owens --
Prospective graduates of the Rust College class of 2019-20 now know that graduation exercises set for April 26 are on hold, indefinitely.
A campus update sent out Friday says the decision to delay graduation was in keeping...
A Memphis school board member who has worked for several local education organizations is now coordinating operations at Teach For America.
Miska Clay Bibbs, who was elected to the Shelby County Schools board in 2014, became the chief of staff...