Longtime Memphian Bobby White out as official at state-run turnaround district
A senior official in Tennessee’s Achievement School District was ousted Thursday morning – the first major shakeup the district has seen under leader Sharon Griffin.
Topic: Achievement School District
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April 2019
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March 2019
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Schwinn faces critical decisions on TNReady online achievement testing
Tennessee education leaders can now track glitches with the revamped TNReady testing system in real time. But the state education commissioner says she still must decide whether to throw the switch or wait another year to resume online achievement tests.
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Griffin: More certified teachers, better K-2 instructors top priorities for ASD
In a presentation to Memphis parents this week, Griffin said: “The life of the ASD is at stake. We either fix it and show improvement or it’s not going to exist….”
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As Tennessee’s turnaround district tries to reduce suspensions, here’s how one school rethinks discipline
Kirby Middle's principal, Marian Williams, credits the reflection room and an incentives program for students’ good behavior as aids to a more empathetic approach to discipline this year.
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January 2019
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Memphis school tries to complete turnaround using MLK’s values
Martin Luther King College Prep has built its mission around several traits of the Civil Rights icon.
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Aspire Memphis plans to spin off into its own charter organization, separate from the California group that founded it
Aspire is spinning off its four Memphis schools into a new, independent charter school organization. The 1,600 students would officially transition at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year if the plan comes to fruition.
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Educators combat chronic absenteeism in Tennessee’s state-run school district
Research has shown that when students have more “familiar faces” around them in class, they’re less likely to be chronically absent, so nonprofits like Communities in Schools are sending staff members into local schools to combat absenteeism.
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December 2018
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Tennessee’s turnaround district wins big chunk of $8.25 million grant for school improvement
Ten schools throughout Tennessee that are academically behind are divvying up $8.25 million in new federal grants for school improvement, the state Department of Education announced Monday.
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November 2018
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U of M, SCS partnership unaffected by Hopson’s resignation
As Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson prepares to make his exit at year's end, another urban education leader will take the reins of a new partnership between Memphis’ public school district and its public university.
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September 2018
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At least 5 Memphis schools now risk a state takeover
While Memphis mostly received good news when the state listed its most underachieving schools last week, at least five Shelby County schools appear to be at risk of state takeover. -
17 schools in Tennessee’s turnaround district remain priority schools six years after first takeovers
Most of the schools that were taken over by Tennessee’s turnaround district remain on the state’s priority list six years after the intervention efforts began.
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