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Memphis-Shelby County Schools has hired a national accounting firm to audit its internal procedures in spending millions in federal COVID-19 relief funds, also known...
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools has hired a national accounting firm to audit its internal procedures in spending millions in federal COVID-19 relief funds, also known...
A senior facilities manager for Memphis-Shelby County Schools was fired in late July for “gross misconduct” in connection with construction contracts awarded to a...
Hope in Memphis is a recurring series about people who are working every day in Memphis to defy and defeat crime and violence, poverty...
There’s no great mystery about why teen births have been declining steadily in Shelby County for 15 years. “Education and contraception work,” said Ashley...
Hope in Memphis is a recurring series about people who are working every day in Memphis to defy and defeat crime and violence, poverty and...
Tennessee’s toughened third-grade retention law, passed in early 2021, goes into effect this month. Third graders in public schools who “flunk” next spring’s TNReady reading...
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...