The other day, Jon wrote a piece about the Achievement School District (ASD) adjusting its timetable for engaging families and community members in neighborhoods where they may be taking over schools. Whereas the ASD has in the past waited to…
There’s been a lot of coverage of the ASD in recent weeks and months. In order to make sure all sides of the story are covered, we’re publishing a Q&A we did with the ASD’s Elliot Smalley. Below is part two of…
There’s been a lot of coverage of the ASD in recent weeks and months. In order to make sure all sides of the story are covered, we’re publishing a Q&A we did with the ASD’s Elliot Smalley. Below is part one…
Merry Christmas from Bluff City Education! It’s been a wild year for education here in Memphis and across the volunteer state, and we want to give you the gift of revisiting our top five stories by page views from the…
Two years ago Memphis, the Memphis education coverage was insufficient for the task at hand. Jane Roberts at the Commercial Appeal does a wonderful job, but she’s one woman and it’s just not possible for one person to cover everything…
Last Thursday Grace Tatter from Chalkbeat reported a new development with how the ASD engages with communities around priority schools. Tatter’s reporting seems to indicate a shift in the ASD’s policy as to the timeline for engaging schools. Instead of…
In a letter to teachers last week, new Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen delivered her first message to Tennessee teachers. In her letter Commissioner McQueen mostly reaffirms her commitment to Governor Halsam’s education initiatives by touting the progress made thus…
I have a confession to make – I’m tired of enduring angry stares and snarky comments when I say “I work at a charter school.” The most common negative comment I hear is “well, I don’t know why we have charter schools. They…
I was at a networking event the other night for Teach Plus where I was asked by a board member who I thought our next education commissioner should be. After thinking about it for a minute, I said that I…
This article appeared on December 15th 2014 on expectmoretn.org and in the Knoxville News Sentinel As a middle school teacher, I base every decision on the following question: What is best for my students? Every time I have found the answer to…
