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…
TNEdReport features a full-length interview with the ASD’s Chris Barbic by Zach Barnes. Its a large interview and well worth the read, but here are a few highlights. First, Barbic calls into question the ongoing practice of judging the ASD…
As a follow-up to the piece I just posted highlighting the coverage of the ASD’s takeover decisions, I wanted to write a related post highlighting two things that aren’t being talked about when it comes to the ASD’s future in Tennessee.…
Yesterday the Achievement School District (ASD) announced it will take over five schools here in Memphis and one in Nashville. In doing so it rejected calls from multiple quarters to put a moratorium on expansion until they demonstrate success with their…
It’s been a few days since our last ASD coverage update, and we’ve had a few notable news events on the ground in Memphis and in Nashville. Here’s a summary of the most recent news stories and what they mean for the…
By Ezra Howard; The Achievement School District just wrapped up year two in Tennessee with modest growth. However, if we are truly to going to evaluate the ASD, we must do so compared to how schools were doing before the takeover. The results are surprising and carry heavy implications for the future of the ASD and similar districts nation-wide.
Dorsey Hopson and Chris Barbic today issued a joint press release outlining their commitment to making Memphis, Tennessee Teacher Town USA. From the press release via Chalkbeat: Hopson and Barbic said they both fully support the over-arching goal of Teacher…
Jaclyn Zubrzycki at edweek has written an extensive, in depth piece summarizing all the changes that are transpiring in Memphis related to education reform. She speaks to all the major education power players in Memphis including Chris Barbic (ASD) Athena Turner…
