The Detroit schools administrator is already working with MSCS under a short-term contract.
A state lawmaker is giving the Memphis-Shelby County school board time to devise an improvement plan before pursuing legislation to empower Gov. Bill Lee to appoint up to six new members to the locally elected body.
The turnaround initiative has produced few wins. But without it, Tennessee must come up with a new plan.
The Tennessee State Board of Education approved the calculation during a meeting Friday, but some members said lawmakers should take another look at the law for struggling readers.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members chose Marie Feagins, ending the district’s first superintendent search in more than a decade.
Marie Feagins is the first outside leader to direct Tennessee’s largest school district since it was created through a merger a decade ago.
Rep. Mark White cites prolonged frustration with the board’s locally elected leadership
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members’ selection meeting signals an end to the tortuous search for a successor to former Superintendent Joris Ray, and the possibility of the first outside leader in more than a decade.
Some Memphians say they will be listening for ways candidates may learn and lead in a new city.
Bren Elliott was on the job less than six months