MSCS Crisis: 20,000 Students Without Certified Teachers Prompts Social Worker Call for State Takeover
By: Shelby County Observer Education Staff on August 6, 2025 MEMPHIS, TENN. — The Memphis-Shelby County
Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Porter-Leath beats MSCS in local battle for pre-K money
By Laura Testino Porter-Leath, a local early childhood education organization, appears to be taking over local
Charter School Decisions Add Fuel to State Takeover Rumors as MSCS Fails to Prioritize At-Risk Youth
By the Shelby County Observer Education Staff on July 22, 2025 SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Looking deeper into Carter Malone Group’s invoices to Memphis Shelby County Schools
by: Jessica Gertler SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — The Memphis Shelby County School board hired a public
Looking deeper into Carter Malone Group’s invoices to Memphis Shelby County Schools
by: Jessica Gertler SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — The Memphis Shelby County School board hired a public
MSCS board pledges to support immigrant students
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members voted to affirm access for students regardless of immigration status,
MPD: Man with gun, fights female student at Fairley High
by: Melissa Moon MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The stepbrother of a Fairley High Student was arrested after
Students ask for change during MSCS community meeting
By Imani Williams MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A forum hosted to seek solutions still has some
Sources: MSCS oversight bill may be dead after passing in Senate, House
by: Maurice Miller, Harrison Klopp, David Royer MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A bill to create a state-controlled oversight board
Girl shot in head at East Memphis park, teen arrested
by: Deja Davis, Brian Didlake UPDATE: A 16-year-old has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and possession of