Mark Neal has been the principal of Melrose High School in Orange Mound for four years. On Tuesday, he and several dozen students were combing an area of downtown in search of history.
It was all around them.
Melrose partners with...
Winston Gipson used to do up to $10 million of work annually for Memphis City Schools. The construction and mechanical contracts were so steady, he recalls, that his minority-owned family business employed up to 200 people at its peak...
by CAROLINE BAUMAN
For the third time, a state-run school will shutter in Memphis.
GRAD Academy announced Monday that it will close its high school located in South Memphis at the end of this school year. It is the only Memphis school...
Improper grade-changing at two high schools in Tennessee’s largest district has prompted Education Commissioner Candice McQueen to order follow-up audits for the next three years from Shelby County Schools.
In her sternest comments yet on the widening scandal in Memphis,...
By Jeff Amy
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has an ambitious plan to close academic achievement gaps among student groups by 2025, but last year's results won't help - most gaps grew wider.
Black and Hispanic students fell further behind their...
The City of Memphis ranks No. 1 in the nation for completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and Graduate Memphis is working to maintain that ranking.
The local organization and its partners are sponsoring events that...
Monekea M. Smith, principal of Hamilton High School, has been suspended in connection with the Shelby County Schools’ ongoing probe of grade tampering.
The SCS website posted this statement:
"Over the weekend, our investigators confirmed a grade changing issue at Hamilton...
By MARTA W. ALDRICH, LAURA FAITH KEBEDE
The push to allow some Tennesseans to use private-school vouchers has hit a roadblock that could stall voucher legislation for a fourth year.
Sen. Brian Kelsey said Monday that he won’t ask a Senate committee to...
By Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat Tennessee
Three years after winning the state’s top award for teaching, Karen Vogelsang is leaving the classroom to lead a citywide early literacy program.
Vogelsang, a fourth grade teacher at Winridge Elementary School, will become the...
Reports detailing how grades were falsified at Trezevant High School have called into question whether grade changes happening at other Memphis high schools are legitimate.
Shelby County Schools released the results last week of a six-month investigation into how grades...