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TN House Speaker: 'State will take over' Memphis-Shelby County Schools after Feagins fired
A top Republican lawmaker said on a conservative radio talk show Monday morning that the state of Tennessee likely will take ...
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Tennessee Lawmakers Push Memphis-Shelby Schools Takeover
A state move to take over Memphis-Shelby County Schools is picking up steam after the district’s board dismissed its director ...
School vouchers have been expanded in TN. What have Memphians said? | The Week in Politics
The expansive state-wide voucher program, which provides public money for private school tuition, passed in both the ...
Memphis school board might be abolished over vouchers opposition. Who's next? | Opinion
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has threatened a state takeover of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board. Pure ...
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools needs state intervention, Republican lawmaker says
A Tennessee lawmaker wants Memphis-Shelby County Schools to come under the oversight of a state-appointed management board, ...
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton says state plans to take over MSCS after firing of superintendent
“The state will take over the school system,” Rep. Cameron Sexton said on KWAM’s “Wake Up Memphis” program. “The state will put in place a different board made up of individuals in Shelby County who ...
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NAEP results: Tennessee students buck grim national trends on nation’s report card
Tennessee students held their ground on a major national test in a year when average student test scores declined nationwide.