The apparent first convening of Feagins' third transition team, all students - 103 (!!) of them

City Council Chair JB Smiley, Jr., co-chair of the transition team of Memphians, is prominently featured here, a likely signal of Feagins admin's commitment to working with the city:

University of Tennessee’s medical school could see a tuition hike and layoffs // WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio

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NEW: MSCS wants more than $200M for school buildings, both to address maintenance needs at existing schools and to support construction of two new high schools.

It’s not clear how much of it the county can provide.

This and more budget news:

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After a failed attempt to expand private school vouchers statewide, Tenn.'s Republican primary in August could be pivotal for a future plan.

Ed reform groups dropped $243k to defeat two anti-voucher House GOP members two years ago, overall spending $1.3M

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since when are you doing craft “vouchers” instead of craft “coupons,” Michael’s

you must have education policy on the brain as well

happy fifth anniversary to my most significant character development plot point as an adult

please buy a local news subscription today. more local journalists, not less

this is a weird industry, and this email has sustained a self-critical 20-something for a long time

We asked NYC high schoolers what they think of the campus protests + response, + how it’s affecting their college plans.

Here’s what one student weighing CCNY said:

W/Alex Zimmerman

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Marta is a treasure, y'all. I learn something from her at least once a day.

NEW: Memphis raises teacher pay to $50,000, despite looming spending cuts

The raises are an early win for Superintendent Marie Feagins. But the board vote spotlighted concerns about one member’s conflicting interests.

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I am making a call on local media: We have got to ask the district about education. There is so, so, so much happening in classrooms. We cannot consistently limit our questions of the district to what it is doing about students who aren't in school.

TN is among 15 GOP-led states suing to block new federal Title IX protections for LGBTQ youth. Meanwhile, educators are caught between federal law, which usually takes precedence, & state law, which looms larger in the classroom. Via Kalyn Belsha Erica Meltzer chalkbeat.org/2024/05/01/sta…

Supt. Feagins says her goal is to decrease enrollment in Hope Academy, the school inside juvenile detention which has served 279 students this school year. She proposes a $1.6M investment to expand coursework

Background: chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2024…

In budget presentation to County Commissioners, MSCS includes University of Memphis contract school enrollment in projections for next year

But U of M plans to leave:

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For those watching last night’s board meeting at home: Board adjourned to “discuss” legal matter.

Board members Calvo and Woods said the body did not then deliberate, but entered allowable Q&A session

First I have ever seen the body publicly close then reopen, a normal activity

Student journalists at WKCR-FM NY reporting that NYPD threatened arrest of student journalists and Columbia Journalism School Dean jelani cobb for leaving the Pulitzer Hall journalism department building for a better view of activity on the campus lawn

to whoever hates listening to audio of themselves talking I raise you audio of yourself running through a parking lot and then breathlessly questioning someone from the window of their car