This fall, MSCS regains two campuses and Tennessee’s state-run turnaround district ends
Hillcrest High, along with Kirby Middle, were on the state’s priority list in 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis-Shelby County Schools will resume control of the final charter schools in the state-run Achievement School District, a largely unsuccessful effort to boost academic achievement in the state’s chronically low-performing schools.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools Achievement School District Charter schools Kirby Middle School Hillcrest High SchoolLaura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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