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Porter-Leath Early Childhood Academy students (left to right) Marlen W., Ethan H. and Rayne H. run around the playground on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in Frayser. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian) Porter-Leath Early Childhood Academy students (left to right) Marlen W., Ethan H. and Rayne H. run around the playground on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in Frayser. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

Education

Why SCS and Porter-leath split and what it means for Pre-K in Memphis

The sparkling, spacious and mostly (so far) empty Porter-Leath Early Childhood Center in Frayser represents the uncertain yet promising future of early childhood education...

August 11, 2021

Immigration

How A Latina Immigrant Escaped Her Abusive American Husband

Nonprofit CasaLuz helps stem the tide of domestic violence in Memphis’ Hispanic…

June 4, 2021

Criminal Justice and Policing

Inaccessible: Police Body Camera Footage Is Often Expensive, Heavily edited and Takes Months to Get

Millions spent on bodycams to build public trust, yet transparency is…

June 9, 2021
President George W. Bush observed a moment of silence on Sept. 11, 2001, at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, for victims of the terrorist attacks. Bush had chosen the school in one of Sarasota's poorest neighborhoods to launch a national reading campaign. Though the day forever altered Bush’s presidential priorities, it didn’t end his push for education reform. (Chris O'Meara/AP file) President George W. Bush observed a moment of silence on Sept. 11, 2001, at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, for victims of the terrorist attacks. Bush had chosen the school in one of Sarasota's poorest neighborhoods to launch a national reading campaign. Though the day forever altered Bush’s presidential priorities, it didn’t end his push for education reform. (Chris O'Meara/AP file)

Politics of Phonics

Politics of phonics: How Power, profit and politics guide reading Policies

On Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush sat in a second-grade classroom in Florida watching children read a story called “The Pet Goat.” The story...

May 10, 2021

The Institute: In Depth

The Institute: Special Series

Richard Barnett sits at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Richard Barnett sits at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

The Institute: In Depth

Capitol riot: The Former Memphis man in nancy pelosi’s office

Richard Barnett’s road to radicalization winds through Memphis where he was born and raised and once worked as a…

January 25, 2021
Kevin Broady tries to keep his twin one-year-old girls Serenity Broady and Kennedi Broady (right) entertained during a graduation ceremony for parents and kids in Le Bonheur’s Nurse-Family Partnership at the hospital’s community outreach center on Aug. 2, 2019. The program connects nurses with first-time pregnant mothers to guide them through early child development. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian) Kevin Broady tries to keep his twin one-year-old girls Serenity Broady and Kennedi Broady (right) entertained during a graduation ceremony for parents and kids in Le Bonheur’s Nurse-Family Partnership at the hospital’s community outreach center on Aug. 2, 2019. The program connects nurses with first-time pregnant mothers to guide them through early child development. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Brains vs. Trauma

Part 1: Memphis brainpower takes on ‘epidemic’ of chronic trauma, distress in youth
Site clearing for the $500 million-plus first phase of Union Row (seen here to the left of the LaQuinta Inn) is expected to begin this fall on the south side of Union Avenue. It will give rise to roughly 700 apartments, 300 hotel rooms, 90,000 square feet of retail and possibly as much as 350,000 square feet of office space. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian) Site clearing for the $500 million-plus first phase of Union Row (seen here to the left of the LaQuinta Inn) is expected to begin this fall on the south side of Union Avenue. It will give rise to roughly 700 apartments, 300 hotel rooms, 90,000 square feet of retail and possibly as much as 350,000 square feet of office space. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Union Men

Part 1: Meet the Unlikely Business partners behind largest memphis development ever

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