Williams cites the district’s infrastructure improvements as a key step, and calls on other community partners to pitch in.
A student-led call for more restrictive gun laws went unheard. Meanwhile, the state dialed up the pressure on public schools.
Barely a quarter of students who graduated high school in 2012 had earned a degree 10 years later.
Fourteen schools had rates of 90% or higher. District officials credit tutoring, graduation coaches and other efforts.
Trezevant is the default option, but transportation will be offered to two other schools as well.
UAB professor Tondra Loder-Jackson discovered an “underground railroad” of Black educators who fought segregation in the South. Can their example help teachers defy restrictions on teaching historical truths?
Crystal Johnson, an AP English teacher affectionately known as Miss CJ, was recently named a 2023 Educator of Excellence.
Building’s age has made cleanup more difficult, district officials said.
Improvement in math tracks statewide trend, but proficiency rates lag behind pre-pandemic levels.