The Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) board is expected to select a search firm during its next business meeting on Tuesday, January 31.Â
MSCS Board Chair Althea Greene, General Counsel Kenneth Walker and newly appointed Chief of Human Resources Quintin Robinson will review the four search firm...
The Fogelman College of Business and Economics, in partnership with Bank of America, has launched the FCBE Career Fellows Program to engage, educate and effectively prepare African American business students for professional success.
The partnership is described as a demonstration...
Ken Moody’s 20-year tenure in Memphis city government ends Friday (March 3) as he exits City Hall to take on a new role at the University of Memphis.
Moody, special assistant to Mayor Jim Strickland for most of the last...
by Laura Testino --
The search for a new leader for Memphis-Shelby County Schools looks like it won’t be done anytime soon.
The school board, which met Tuesday amid sharp divisions over how to complete the selection of the district’s next...
HOLLY SPRINGS, MS – The Rust College Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Robert M. Dixon, the interim vice president for Academic Affairs, as the college’s interim president.
Dr. Dixon succeeds the college’s 12th and first woman president, Dr. Ivy...
by Laura Testino --
A majority of Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members signaled Friday that they want to reopen the search for a new superintendent, consider more candidates and use a different set of criteria to evaluate them.
The board consensus, based...
Nzinga Shaw, LeMoyne-Owen College’s commencement speaker, brought her three children – ages six, four and two – with her. She wanted them to experience the commencement of an HBCU (historically black college and university).
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer...
by Tonyaa Weathersbee --
In elementary school several years ago, Olivia Shackelford read about how 6-year-old Ruby Bridges endured racial slurs, ostracism, and death threats for integrating an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.
Groups such as Moms for...
by Laura Testino --Â
Early state test results show Memphis third graders improved in reading this year, and more students in the cohort are mastering state reading goals.
But about three-quarters of third graders in Memphis-Shelby County Schools are still not...
Two Memphis elementary schools – Rozelle Creative and Performing Arts Elementary and Springdale-Memphis Magnet Elementary – recently unveiled murals commemorating the courageous actions of the Memphis 13, the group of African American students who integrated Memphis City Schools during...