T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)City Council Chair Harold Collins says Memphis City Schools are lying about why they are laying off workers, according to this report from Jane Roberts of the CA: Peace between the City Council and Memphis City Schools board has been tentative for a while, but the armor of civility slipped away Tuesday. Council chairman...
That’s what we plan to do. That also, exactly why there’s a picture of this creepy bunny from the 50′s, well that and I like creepy pictures from the 50′s. There’s so many to choose from! However, there is some stuff going on around here, so I guess I’ll just have to write about...
The Commercial Appeal reports that the Memphis City Schools is suing the City of Memphis again. This time for $50m. The suit rises out of the City Council’s most recent offer to pay the schools $38 million ($28 million from city reserve fund and $10 million from budget cuts) if district officials would agree...
Wow! Memphis needs something like this. Master’s degree students at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development can receive free tuition in exchange for teaching at some of Metro’s lowest-performing middle schools, under a new partnership announced Monday. Not to disparage Memphis City School teachers, but removing one of the barriers to...