Journey Community Schools received a $30,000 grant from International Paper Friday. The grant will go towards the charter school organization’s literacy initiative.
Both organizations came together to announce the donation of 1,500 family memberships to the museum for all of Porter-Leath’s Early Head Start families.
During a special session in late October, Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill allowing school board candidates to run as Republicans, Democrats, or members of any other political party.
The Memphis 13, the first Black students to integrate Memphis City Schools, were recognized in a special ceremony at Tuesday night’s Shelby County School Board meeting.
The decision from U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. has added to the confusion over who has the authority -- at least for now -- to mandate masks in schools.
The Memphis NAACP and the Shelby County Black Caucus have raised concerns about the process for selecting the next president of the University of Memphis (UofM).
There’s a change to a resolution encouraging the requirement of conflict resolution courses in Shelby County Schools (SCS) to prevent and reduce violence.
Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer is condemning upcoming training sessions for parents of students at Briarcrest Christian School focused on teaching “a gospel response” to sexuality and gender identity.
Gun violence has once again affected the children surrounding it. Monday night a 10-year-old boys was shot after the adults he was with got into an argument with neighbors.
School cafeterias across the country, including in Shelby County, are finding it difficult to fulfill their menus due to the ongoing supply chain backlog across the country.
After months of brainstorming ways to use and distribute COVID-19 relief funds, Shelby County Schools has come up with a new way to use some of that money.
Security is on the top of minds of Shelby County Schools parents and officials. While the district hires safety experts to review all its security protocols, three schools were put on lockdown after police got a call of a possible threat of a person on campus with a gun on Friday.
A former top cop in Memphis is taking a hard look at the safety protocols for Shelby County Schools (SCS) one week after a 13-year-old student was injured in a shooting.
The recent shooting at Cummings K-8 left Shelby County commissioners asking what they can do to ensure there’s not another similar incident in the future.
“The gun violence must end,” said Ray. “The school’s working closely with Memphis Police Department. We’re doing all we can to keep our students safe.”
