It’s the first day of school, and Memphis Shelby County Schools said they’re hitting the ground running to improve test scores for this school year.

A three-judge panel says Tennessee will be able to implement a contentious school voucher program while opponents continue challenging the initiative.

Rising middle school students within the Shelby County School District have a little more insight on what middle school has to offer after a month full of ‘transition camps.’

As an administrator in Racine County Wisconsin in the early 2010s, he witnessed, then, Governor Scott Walker implement a voucher program similar to the one Gov. Lee is implementing in Tennessee.

Face coverings will be only required on transportation networks and in healthcare settings such as University Health Services and University Counseling Center, regardless of vaccination status.

Nearly two dozen schools across Tennessee have moved to temporary remote learning since school started last month. While hybrid models including remote learning are prohibited in Tennessee, the Tennessee Department of Education has allowed districts to apply for temporary remote learning if COVID-19 has interrupted effective in-person learning.

The Oxford School District Board of Trustees has decided to extend the mask mandate for another two weeks.

Shelby County Schools is looking to provide students with the support they need outside the classroom.

There is no mask mandate at DeSoto County Schools. The largest school district in Mississippi only recommends masks in its back to school plan, but parents say too many people are getting sick and it needs to change.

The letter comes as some school districts in Tennessee were forced to close due to an increase in coronavirus cases and quarantines.

The 13- page lawsuit lists three ways an executive order by Governor Bill Lee allowing parents to opt out of mask mandates in schools is invalid.

School administrators will notify students who are eligible for remote instruction under the new policy.

For a week now, Mississippi’s hospitalizations from COVID have started to plateau, yet still remain dangerously high.

COVID-19 testing is available for free at SCS campuses.

Just before the start of a board meeting Tuesday, the district announced an online COVID-19 dashboard that will provide weekly updates of reported cases.

The Lauderdale County Board of Education announced the approval of a district-wide mask mandate Monday night.

Byhalia Middle School is taking extra steps to decrease the spread of COVID-19 as classed gets back underway.

Some courses are remote but most will be in person and right now masks are required on campus while indoors.

With reports coming out that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to give the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine its full approval, some of the nation’s top medical officials believe more vaccine mandates are on the way for universities.

A Bluff City school will soon become the first school in the U.S. to install a new type of air filtration technology to fight airborne particles.