Tag: Memphis City Schools
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It’s Not a Promise, It’s a Threat
The noise machine is cranking up again. After a week or so of cooling off during the Christmas to New Years media dead zone, the coverage got ratcheted up again yesterday thanks to a “press conference” from the good folks at the Shelby County School Board. But don’t be fooled. All the rhetoric coming from…
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Poisoning the Well
Opponents of School Merger Don't Have to Prove Anything, Just Gin Up Fear One element of any campaign, but particularly a campaign as emotionally charged as the fate of public education in a community, is the element of fear. Fear comes naturally with an attempt to change something because the outcome is unknown, and long…
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Following the Coverage
On Monday, the Memphis City School Board voted on a resolution that allows the voters of Memphis a choice…to merge, or stay seperate from the Shelby County Schools. I wrote about this issue before the vote here. Tonight, a special meeting of the MCS School Board will be held at 6pm to approve the minutes…
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It Hasn’t Worked Thus Far, Why Would It Work Now?
In this morning’s Commercial Appeal, MCS School Board Member, Dr. Jeff Warren pens an Op-Ed prescribing the conditions necessary for a stand-down in the current stand-off between Shelby County Schools (SCS) and Memphis City Schools (MCS). The column, entitled “Let’s get MAD about our schools face-off”, calls for the two districts to come together to…
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Inspiring
Tonight I saw something inspiring. At the National Civil Rights Museum, teachers, students, administrators, and parents came together to talk to Bill and Melinda Gates, as well as the local administrators of the grant money, about the future of the Memphis City Schools. There’s a perception out there that MCS is filled with parents that…
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Transparency Builds a Working Relationship
Of course, the inverse is also true… Today, there’s a story in the Commercial Appeal about a row at yesterday’s School Board Meeting. The chief issue of concern was a change in health insurance carriers for the Memphis City Schools that would leave many teachers looking for new doctors. I have zero direct contact with…