The Senate made significant revisions to a bill affecting the ownership and operations of four Memphis-Shelby County Schools.

The Harwood Center, designed to work with special-needs students in early education, christened its new facility Friday on the University of Memphis’ South Campus. 

Each year a Tennessee educator receives the James Madison Memorial Fellowship. History teacher Allison Collier is the 2022 recipient.

Marterius Boyd, an eighth-grade student at Memphis Business Academy Middle School, and Nikima Robertson, an eighth-grade student at A. Maceo Walker Middle School, were selected as national ambassadors to represent Memphis in a national Do the Write Thing celebration in Washington, D.C.

Senate and House finance committees are expected to take up the proposed Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) funding formula this week. A final vote in both legislative bodies could come soon.

Sectarian prayers at a government meeting notwithstanding, the General Assembly’s daunting task this session to allocate an additional $1 billion to education is more than a math problem.

Clubs and athletics are included in the cancellations.

Teachers would be required to provide lessons on Black history and the “virtues of capitalism” under a handful of bills passed Tuesday, April 12 by the state Senate related to civics and history.

As part of the NBA’s anniversary legacy program, the Grizzlies brought a new dance studio and outdoor basketball court to the school.

The region’s colleges and universities are undergoing an extraordinary transformation in leadership, virtually all within the same time frame, raising big questions about what’s next for higher education in the area.

The state House of Representatives moved on legislation Monday that could transfer three Germantown schools out of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district. But, does Germantown want the schools or the property? 

President Bill Hardgrave hopes the University of Memphis can become the exclusive partner for Ford’s Blue Oval City. 

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Bill Hardgrave begins his tenure at a critical point for the Memphis athletics program. The push to join the ranks of the Power Five conferences and the Independent Accountability Resolution Process investigation (IARP) of the basketball program loom. 

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Growing out-of-state enrollment and declining in-state enrollment are due in part to the looming “enrollment cliff” and the university’s improved prestige and R1 status.

Some four years after its opening, Collierville High already is facing some growing pains and has plans for a new 29,500-square-foot expansion.

The event will be held Sat, April 2 at 10 a.m. at the Holiday Inn located at 3700 Central Avenue. 

Memphis-area school systems are releasing students early due to hazardous weather conditions predicted for this afternoon. 

As Germantown and Memphis-Shelby County School leaders debate the ownership and operation of three schools within Germantown city limits, they differ on a 2013 settlement’s role in the matter.

Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South took local educators on a tour of entrepreneurship hubs in Memphis Wednesday, March 23, to expand their knowledge on centers of opportunity for future graduates.

Kingsbury teachers were told Wednesday, March 23, that all their jobs would be posted as open. 

“I know it’s crazy. I understand that. But these kids can’t wait for the war to end,” said Dr. William Novick.

Tennessee senators delayed action on a bill impacting Germantown’s namesake schools. The bill will go before a house committee later this week.

Charles Everett, a Tennessee PTA leader and co-founder of Uplift Westwood, is the new District 6 Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member. 

Tennessee senators will vote on legislation affecting Germantown’s namesake schools next week. If the legislation becomes law, there is still much work on the local level.

M. David Rudd, whose presidency officially ends this month, is a Gulf War veteran and licensed psychologist.