Memphis Schools

Memphis' New Teacher Evaluation System Adopted From Controversial D.C. Program

| Sarah Garland | Posted 02.09.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. It is the third in a series in a collaboration between The Hechinger Report and Memphis Comme...

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New Teacher Evaluation Systems In Tennessee Have Rough Road Ahead

| Sarah Garland | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: The Hechinger Report, Tennessee Schools, Video, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Effectiveness, Memphis Schools, Hechinger Report, Tennessee Teacher Evaluations, Teachers, Tennessee Teachers, Lester Pre-K-8 School, Grading Teachers, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. It is the first in a series in a collaboration between The Hechinger Report and Memphis Comme...

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Teen Charged For Slaying School Principal, Says He Didn't Like Her

AP | By ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 10.11.2011

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A 17-year-old student charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of a Christian school principal told investigators he had plan...

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Principal Found Allegedly Stabbed To Death In Classroom, Student Held

AP | By ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 10.11.2011

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A school principal described as very caring and attentive to her students was killed Wednesday in an apparent homicide at a private ...

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School Principal Found Allegedly Stabbed To Death, Student In Custody

Posted 10.10.2011

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A 17-year-old student from the Seventh-day Adventist's Memphis Junior Academy in Tennessee is being held in custody after a 48-year-old teacher was fo...

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Memphis Deal May End Indefinite Summer For Students

AP | Posted 09.21.2011

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Memphis officials have reached a deal that could allow the city's schools to open on time. The school board had said it was delayin...

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New School District Will Test Obama's Education Reforms

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.13.2011

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By accepting a job as superintendent of a new Tennessee school district, Chris Barbic has positioned himself as the face of an up-and-coming governanc...

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Segregation Again? Race Debate Over Memphis Schools Merger

AP | ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Schools System Merger, School Merger, Segregation, Tennessee, Memphis Schools, Memphis, Racism, Desegregation, School Segregation, Education News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A bold bid by the struggling, majority-black Memphis City Schools system to force a merger with the majority-white, successful ...

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