What will a new student cellphone ban look like in Memphis schools?
Memphis school board members will vote next week on a revised student cellphone policy to align with new state standards.
Bri Hatch
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July 2025
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Education Memphis school board gives green light to new cellphone ban days before classes start
Students will be required to keep personal devices, including smartwatches, turned off and put away during school hours. Violating that policy could come with consequences, up to suspension.
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August 2025
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Education Memphis board leaves in-school literacy tutoring program in limbo days before classes start
More than 1,500 students in Memphis-Shelby County Schools could lose access to targeted in-school literacy tutoring this year as nonprofit Literacy Mid-South faces budget challenges.
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Education Shelby County offers free lead testing to students exposed to unsafe water
Twenty-four schools recently reported high lead levels in their water. Now, the local health department is offering free blood testing to exposed students.
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Education XAI wants to fix some Memphis schools. But these students say that help comes with a cost.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools leaders say they need the money as facility issues grow. But some students are protesting the company’s investment due to pollution concerns.
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Education Memphis students outpace state growth in reading and math, but lag in social studies
Memphis-Shelby County Schools earned the highest score in the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System for the fourth year in a row. But younger students lost progress in social studies, falling behind expected growth.
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September 2025
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Education Memphis schools are increasing dyslexia support to boost state reading test scores. Will it work?
MSCS is required by state law to screen every student for signs of dyslexia, but Tennessee allows only an outside provider, such as a licensed psychologist, to give an official dyslexia diagnosis.
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Education Memphis teacher vacancies decline, but district still struggles to hire certified educators
Memphis-Shelby County Schools cut teacher vacancies by hundreds compared with this time last year, thanks to a bolstered HR team, an official said. More than 200 new hires hold conditional licenses, which expire in three years.
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October 2025
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Education Memphis lawmaker to lead national standardized test board
State Rep. Mark White (R-Memphis) will lead the National Assessment Governing Board which oversees “the nation’s report card.”
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Education For young people who struggle with their emotions, free help is available.
Youth Connect has provided free therapy outside of school to 345 young people in the Memphis area since starting in May 2024. Those who work with youths say it fills a need.
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Education Tennessee school boards could face voter recalls under new bill
A newly filed Tennessee bill would allow dissatisfied voters to recall certain elected officials, including school board members.
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Education Fewer Memphis students are showing up to mental health assemblies. This state law may be to blame.
MSCS Mental Health Director Donna Goings said attendance at suicide and bullying prevention trainings fell by two-thirds last year. That’s because most students don’t return parent permission slips required by a 2024 state law.
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Education In increasingly Hispanic Memphis schools, immigration enforcement surge brings fear, absences
Board member Amber Huett-Garcia said multiple high school teachers told her that students “have just stopped showing up.”
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