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Third grade just got harder. Third graders in public schools who “flunk” next spring’s TNReady reading test — and generally two-thirds of them in...
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Third grade just got harder. Third graders in public schools who “flunk” next spring’s TNReady reading test — and generally two-thirds of them in...
Those of us who knew Rev. Autura Eason-Williams are struggling. Struggling to express the anguish, anger, sorrow we feel over her shocking and senseless murder last...
Last August and September, Memphis-Shelby County Schools hosted five pre-bid meetings to outline a whopping 84 federally funded HVAC upgrades at various schools. Representatives...
The agenda for last November’s work session of the Shelby County Board of Education was jammed. There were nearly 90 business items to go...
The proposed new funding formula for public schools will lead to a “fiscal cliff” looming on the horizon for local schools. Or it won’t....
What do you get when you ask 99 legislators to add $1 billion to a new school funding formula, and divide it among 95...
Wanda Washington, a special education teacher at Jackson Avenue Elementary, went back to work Monday, April 4, for the first time in four months....
A 14-year-old boy was playing basketball in a park near his home last year when a bullet fired from a passing car tore through...
Susan H. Sanford, whose passionate civic spirit, business savvy, and tireless advocacy benefited a wide range of nonprofit organizations, died Monday evening after a...
Dr. William Novick, the intrepid Memphis pediatric heart surgeon, just completed his second medical mission this year to Ukraine. He plans to return in...