Memphis’ PRIZM chamber music students represented at international festival
Memphis high school students of PRIZM Chamber Music Ensemble head to South Africa for the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival.
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When your child has a medical diagnosis, you just might need a lawyer
An interdisciplinary initiative of Memphis legal and medical giants creates opportunities for low-income families to get help for legal and environmental issues that affect their children’s health.
In segregated Memphis, radio DJs drove Black children with disabilities to this Uptown school
Before the Keel Avenue School opened, Black children with physical handicaps were unable to attend classes. With a little help from DJs at WDIA, their education was possible.
Video: Memphis children learn during the summer with Literacy Mid-South
Memphis children may face a deficit in reading comprehension if they are unengaged during the summer months. Literacy Mid-South volunteers help Memphis children steer clear of the summer slump.
County-wide pre-K initiative seeks to level the playing field for early childhood education
One thousand students in need do not have a place in pre-K in Shelby County, and the county is on track to lose an additional 1,000 spots when funding from a four-year pre-K development grant from the Obama administration runs out at the end of the 2018 to 2019 school year
Volunteers with Americorps program embed in Memphis classrooms to improve student outcomes
National nonprofit AmeriCorps has launched a program that places volunteers in Memphis public schools that are at-risk for low scores in math and reading comprehension.
Memphis Public Libraries use Readbox to build awareness
A new guerilla marketing campaign popping up around town from the Memphis Public Libraries (MPL) is helping to build awareness of the diverse and growing range of free programs offered at local public libraries.
Video: Parent involvement improves early childhood literacy at DiscoverREAD centers
DiscoverREAD is an interactive space inside eight branches of the Memphis Public Libraries. The program aims to help children five and under learn how to read with facilitated parent engagement. This is a look inside the DiscoverREAD center at the Cornelia Crenshaw Library in South City.
One Whitehaven community. Two high schools. A few turnaround options.
Whitehaven residents reflect on the legacy of Hillcrest High School, which was taken over by the Achievement School District in 2015, and Whitehaven High School, which became the nucleus of the Empowerment Zone in 2016.
Opinion: Hillcrest High School prepares students for success
Karen Garrett, parent of a graduating senior at Hillcrest High School, shares her experience in the Whitehaven school.
When your child has a medical diagnosis, you just might need a lawyer
An interdisciplinary initiative of Memphis legal and medical giants creates opportunities for low-income families to get help for legal and environmental issues that affect their children’s health.
In segregated Memphis, radio DJs drove Black children with disabilities to this Uptown school
Before the Keel Avenue School opened, Black children with physical handicaps were unable to attend classes. With a little help from DJs at WDIA, their education was possible.
Video: Memphis children learn during the summer with Literacy Mid-South
Memphis children may face a deficit in reading comprehension if they are unengaged during the summer months. Literacy Mid-South volunteers help Memphis children steer clear of the summer slump.
County-wide pre-K initiative seeks to level the playing field for early childhood education
One thousand students in need do not have a place in pre-K in Shelby County, and the county is on track to lose an additional 1,000 spots when funding from a four-year pre-K development grant from the Obama administration runs out at the end of the 2018 to 2019 school year
Volunteers with Americorps program embed in Memphis classrooms to improve student outcomes
National nonprofit AmeriCorps has launched a program that places volunteers in Memphis public schools that are at-risk for low scores in math and reading comprehension.
Memphis Public Libraries use Readbox to build awareness
A new guerilla marketing campaign popping up around town from the Memphis Public Libraries (MPL) is helping to build awareness of the diverse and growing range of free programs offered at local public libraries.
Video: Parent involvement improves early childhood literacy at DiscoverREAD centers
DiscoverREAD is an interactive space inside eight branches of the Memphis Public Libraries. The program aims to help children five and under learn how to read with facilitated parent engagement. This is a look inside the DiscoverREAD center at the Cornelia Crenshaw Library in South City.
One Whitehaven community. Two high schools. A few turnaround options.
Whitehaven residents reflect on the legacy of Hillcrest High School, which was taken over by the Achievement School District in 2015, and Whitehaven High School, which became the nucleus of the Empowerment Zone in 2016.
Opinion: Hillcrest High School prepares students for success
Karen Garrett, parent of a graduating senior at Hillcrest High School, shares her experience in the Whitehaven school.
