A top Republican lawmaker said on a conservative radio talk show Monday morning that the state of Tennessee likely will take ...

A state move to take over Memphis-Shelby County Schools is picking up steam after the district’s board dismissed its director ...

The expansive state-wide voucher program, which provides public money for private school tuition, passed in both the ...

What would a state intervention of Memphis Shelby County Schools look like for the district’s 100,000 students, their families and school employees? The Republican lawmaker sponsoring the legislation ...

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has threatened a state takeover of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board. Pure ...

A Tennessee lawmaker wants Memphis-Shelby County Schools to come under the oversight of a state-appointed management board, ...

“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 ...

Tennessee students held their ground on a major national test in a year when average student test scores declined nationwide.