Rep. White and Senator Brent Taylor are still working to come up with a unified version of their intervention bills. If they succeed in aligning their versions by Monday, and both bodies pass them, ...

The Tennessee bill that would allow the state to take over Memphis-Shelby County Schools passed another House committee on Thursday. House Bill 662 passed the Finance, Ways, ...

The bill passed in committee along party lines, with Lamar and Sen. Jeff Yarbro, a Democrat from Nashville, being the sole no ...

Also, "Save Our Schools" is back with town halls which aim to educate the public on the proposed state takeover of MSCS. Here ...

The sponsor of the state house version, Representative Mark White (R-Memphis), said the bill being placed behind the budget is a normal procedure and will be ready to move to full finance soon.

The school board is moving to formally address comments Murphy made to an individual via Facebook direct message, board chair Joyce Dorse-Coleman said.

A diehard "Star Trek" fan, Steve Mulroy created the first Star Trek Day in Shelby County in 2015 when he was a county ...

There are only three schools left in the turnaround system, which would be replaced by another intervention model.

Memphis Shelby County School Board member Towanna Murphy says she isn’t sorry she threatened to deport a Hispanic woman who ...

The Shelby County Retired Teachers Association is accepting applications for the annual Kent Smith Scholarship.

Possible state intervention in Memphis-Shelby County Schools has been discussed for years, but this year it has gained ...