Voters in Memphis suburbs go to the polls today to vote on board members for the municipal districts. (Memphis Daily News)
The Shelby County Commission rejected a proposal to drop its lawsuit against the suburban municipalities. (Commercial Appeal, WREG)
The school board meeting in Germantown got heated as board members requested a lease on all 8 buildings within its borders. (Chalkbeat TN; Commercial Appeal; WMCTV)
Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children Zone, received an award from the National Civil Rights Museum yesterday. (Chalkbeat TN; Commercial Appeal)
Mary Robinson, the first female president of Ireland, and Earl Graves, Sr., a civil rights leader, were also honored. (WREG)
And, three Memphis-area students received the Keeper of the Dream award yesterday at the National Civil Rights Museum. (Commercial Appeal)
The state of Mississippi is giving back control of a school district in northern Mississippi after five years. (WMCTV)
The Gates Foundation has spent millions on teacher evaluation, a good chunk of it in Memphis. (Education Week)
The scores for NAEP, or “the nation’s report card,” comes out later this morning. Here’s what NOT to do with that data. (Education Week)
New York City’s teachers union wants to negotiate its evaluations now that there’s a new mayor-elect. (GothamSchools)
Test-takers are rushing to finish the GED before a new version comes out in January. (Tennessean)
