Videos and resources from Gates’ teacher effectiveness project, which includes Memphis, will be shared with more researchers. (Inside School Research)
Settlements with Collierville, Millington, and Bartlett are on the agenda for tonight’s school board meeting in Shelby County. (ChalkbeatTN, WMCTV)
Memphis’s City Council is unlikely to block those settlements. (Commercial Appeal)
Some County Commissioners expressed reservations about dropping the lawsuits and about details of the settlements. (Memphis Daily News, ChalkbeatTN)
Shelby County is considering alternatives to the cleaning service the district is using. (My Fox Memphis)
Tennessee’s ASD was ranked high on a national survey about “conditions for success” for district reforms. (ASD)
32 percent of people never find a job related to their college major. (Business Journals)
A study from research group Mathematica found that a program that transferred high-performing teachers to lower-performing schools within their district in exchange for pay saw results for kids. (Slate)
