Tennessee Republicans vote to take over Memphis-Shelby County schools

By Melissa Brown Tennessee Republicans have passed an unprecedented intervention of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools system that gives political appointees sweeping authority over the locally elected school board and the state’s largest school district. The appointed oversight board will have four years to address what Republicans argue is untenable academic underperformance and administrative instability in […]

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Apr 24, 2026 - 20:51
Tennessee Republicans vote to take over Memphis-Shelby County schools
By Melissa Brown Tennessee Republicans have passed an unprecedented intervention of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools system that gives political appointees sweeping authority over the locally elected school board and the state’s largest school district. The appointed oversight board will have four years to address what Republicans argue is untenable academic underperformance and administrative instability in […]
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