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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
Almost a month after a shocking announcement ousting the leader from a fledgling school improvement program, the longtime principal isn’t going anywhere.
Shante Avant, the school board chairwoman whose district includes the Whitehaven schools in the Empowerment Zone, said Monday...
Trailblazing academician Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis believed that education was a tool that positioned one “to give back.”
Surrounded by her family Thursday morning at 5:30, Dr. Mariam DeCosta-Willis died peacefully at her East Memphis home. She was 86.
University professor and...