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Memphis schools open with reassigned students, persistent teacher vacancies (opens the original)
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennesseeâs free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Everything looked business as usual for the first day of school at Hawkins Mill Elementary, a Memphis public school tucked in a woodsy Frayser neighborhood. Students lined the halls wearing customary white and red. The garden out back sprouted almost ripe tomatoes and eggplants. Posters featuring the school mascot â a hawk, of course â decorated the walls. But the
5 Memphis schools stories to watch in 2026-27 school year (opens the original)
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennesseeâs free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Memphis students return to class Monday as the question of who will lead district operations this year continues to play out in federal court. Tennessee Republicans are fighting to establish a state-appointed oversight board to take control of Memphis-Shelby County Schools, which could bring significant changes to the district curriculum and budget. The board would be
Chronic absenteeism fueled the MSCS state takeover. Will the district improve? (opens the original)
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennesseeâs free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. On an early Thursday morning in July, around 150 Memphis school leaders and attendance staff convened in front of the district administration building, clutching handheld fans and wearing matching visors. The group, decked out in matching âRecruit, Retain & Reclaimâ T-shirts, was heading to northwest Memphis to knock on doors and encourage families to enroll their
This new Memphis group wants MSCS to drop its state takeover lawsuit (opens the original)
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennesseeâs free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. A new Memphis group has joined a network of local organizations supporting the state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Together4Students launched in May, around the same time that Nashville Republicans passed a law establishing a state-appointed oversight board to take control of MSCS. The groupâs website advocates for using the state intervention to pursue
Early voting kicks off for MSCS board election amid takeover battle (opens the original)
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennesseeâs free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Early voting is underway for the Memphis-Shelby County election that will seat two new local school board members as the legal battle over district control continues. Voters will head to the polls on Aug. 6. Two incumbents, Michelle McKissack in District 1 and Joyce Dorse Coleman in District 9, are running unopposed after winning the Democratic nomination in MSCSâ f
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