I’ve been fretting all summer about the start of this school year. With district Supt. Dr. Joris Ray under investigation and on administrative leave, and so many other distractions, my hope for this school year has been at its...
by Michelle McKissack --
For our school-aged children and families, these last days of July bring the excitement of returning to school – shopping for school supplies, reuniting with old friends and making new ones. On August 8, Memphis-Shelby County...
The start of school always has been an exciting time of the year for many reasons.
I always looked forward to “the first day of school” and hearing about everyone’s summer vacations and new expectations.
But we are about to embark...
Let’s see, where do I start?
Last week, we finally got a chance to see the academic progress our children made last school year as measured by our district’s TCAP results.
While we are indeed trending up as a school system,...
A few weeks ago, the Memphis Shelby County Schools announced it was replacing 40 of the school system’s elementary, middle, and high school principals.
I was shocked when I first heard the news.
This is unprecedented, and being a former principal,...
The recent mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has brought back the same familiar pain we all experience after every school shooting in America.
The Sandy Hook massacre; Santa Fe High School shooting near Houston; Marjory Stoneman...
Tennessee's TCAP Test results are being processed as we speak, and I, along with thousands of students, teachers, and administrators, are anxiously awaiting the results.
This is an incredibly stressful time of the year for educators as they await the...
Three concepts – healing, strengthening, and transformation – have been woven into a theme for the upcoming Girls N’ Pearls Candid Conversation Summit shaped by UCAN of Memphis and its executive director, Leshundra Robinson.
Robinson and the UCAN team are...
Somehow the notion of Teacher Appreciation Week seems woefully inadequate for celebrating the work our teachers and educators perform daily.
Maybe we should extend the celebration to an entire month!
One could argue that teachers are one of the two most...
Thanks to our forward-thinking Republican legislators in Tennessee, we now are members of the Permitless Carry Club, where most adults 21 and older can now carry a loaded handgun on their person, openly or concealed, without having to possess...