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state policy

Tennessee
September 18, 2018

What seven school board members in West Tennessee want in their next governor

Seven weeks before election day, school board members say funding and getting online testing right are among their top concerns.

after parkland

Tennessee
March 22, 2018

‘We’re not kidding about this,’ says one teen leader of Memphis march on gun violence

Simran Bains is one of more than a dozen teenagers from across Greater Memphis who have come together to help plan this Saturday’s March for our Lives.

Fact check

Tennessee
December 7, 2017

Here’s what school leaders in Memphis suburbs aren’t saying about the cost of secession

Superintendents from suburban Memphis say their towns' 2014 pullout from Shelby County Schools hasn't hurt the urban district — but it has.

in the burbs

Tennessee
August 30, 2017

Germantown tops Tennessee in high school test scores, other suburban Memphis districts see gains

School systems in Arlington, Collierville and Germantown are among 10 statewide to reduce the percent of students performing below grade level in every subject.

Chalkbeat explains

Tennessee
June 29, 2017

Memphis suburbs are receiving federal money for more poor students than they have. Here’s why.

A quirk in rules for allocating federal funds for poor students will give most municipal districts a big budget boost. Meanwhile, Shelby County Schools will receive less.

fact-finding mission

Tennessee
June 22, 2017

Signal Mountain leaders look to Shelby County as model for school district secession

A committee from Signal Mountain near Chattanooga is scheduled to visit next week with leaders from the Shelby County towns that pulled out of Shelby County Schools in 2014.

Extension please

Tennessee
January 13, 2017

Sponsor of Tennessee’s A-F school grading law wants launch postponed

Rep. Glen Casada says the state should hold off because schools are still transitioning to a new Tennessee test.

Tennessee
January 28, 2015

From Shanghai to Collierville, collaboration model boosts teacher performance

Teaching shouldn't be done in isolation, and no one knows this better than educators in China. Now a teacher peer observation program from Shanghai is being piloted in Collierville.

Tennessee
July 31, 2014

With its own school system, leader says Germantown will distinguish itself

After starting his career teaching Dolly Parton’s nieces and nephews, Jason Manuel has risen to become Germantown Municipal School’s first superintendent. In this interview he explains why Germantown thinks of itself as exceptional and sometimes appears to be less cooperative than other districts.

Shelby County Schools

Tennessee
July 30, 2014

Shelby County Schools makes academic gains, pushes faster growth

The Tennessee Department of Education released state test scores on Wednesday. The state used combined test information from legacy Memphis City and legacy Shelby County to establish the goals that the merged district needed to meet this year.

Tennessee
July 28, 2014

Shelby County Schools’ pathway to pre-K funds runs through foundation with suburban roots

Shelby County commissioners who voted last week to spend $3 million on expanding prekindergarten access are finding that they don’t control where the money will go. That’s because the commission earmarked the funds not directly to Shelby County Schools, but to a small foundation that has strong ties to the suburban districts that have left SCS and whose plans for the funds are unclear.

Tennessee
June 30, 2014

Municipal districts say the first measure of their success will be their buses

The performance of school buses in the first days and weeks of the school year will be one of the most visible and important tests of the new municipal school districts, according to public statements by board members and interviews with their superintendents. But the districts face some unprecedented challenges that leaves uncertainty as to whether the disruptions this year will be as ordinary as they are hoping, or extraordinary, as happened last year.

Tennessee
June 27, 2014

Collierville’s leader breaks down the municipality split

John Aitken served as superintendent of Shelby County Schools from 2009 to 2013 amid one of its most tumultuous changes in recent memory, including the changes wrought by Race to the Top, a new teacher evaluation system and the merger with Memphis City Schools. Now as the superintendent of Collierville Schools he hopes that, after a busy start, his job will settle down and he can spend more time building relationships.
Tennessee
May 15, 2014

Plans for municipal districts move forward with Shelby County’s cooperation

As the school year winds to a close, Shelby County Schools and suburban leaders in the Memphis  area are preparing for a county with seven…

Demerger

Tennessee
March 13, 2014

One county, seven districts: Vying for teachers as Shelby County Schools demerges

The battle to retain and recruit the best teachers in Shelby County is firing up this spring as seven districts prepare for the municipality split.
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