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 ...

Weeks prior, students gathered outside of the school in protest of restroom access, unfair punishment for tardiness, ...

In the past, Memphians have strongly opposed the state intervening in local education. But this year there is some local ...

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, ...

said she tried to send her children to MSCS schools, but the education was lackluster. "When I was an administrator, I put my child in, at that time, Shelby County Schools because it had merged ...

The MSCS board Tuesday night asked the state to reconsider taking the district over, hours after state legislators debated legislation in committee.