Jane Roberts

• Unified Shelby County school board to review Memphis Supt. Kriner Cash's contract Updated 05/25/2012 at 11:44 p.m.

  The unified Shelby County School Board will hold a special meeting June 11 to decide if it will renew Supt. Kriner Cash's contract.

• School talent show gives kids a chance to step out Published 05/25/2012 at midnight

  What started as a tactic to get kids to come to school on the last day at Dexter Elementary blossomed into a lesson in confidence.

• Parents get to ask about evaluations of Memphis City Schools teachers Published 05/24/2012 at midnight

  Parents aired their concerns Wednesday night at East High about how teachers are being evaluated, asking pointed questions about fairness and what is being done to improve it.

• Appling Middle principal Foster retiring, but street dedicated to his dedication Published 05/22/2012 at midnight

  Principal Odell Foster towered over middle-schoolers heading to buses after school on a street newly named for him.

• Teachers offered more training Published 05/19/2012 at midnight

  Brittany Clark teaches upper-level English at Middle College High, a specialty school inside Fairview Middle in Midtown where students earn college credit early.

• Virtues of online education win praise from Memphis-area pupils' parents Published 05/19/2012 at midnight

  A national center this week found little evidence that virtual learning improves student achievement.

• Memphis-area high school 'grads' may not receive diploma Published 05/18/2012 at midnight

  Thousands of high school seniors are being allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies here despite questions about their final grades.

• President Obama's speech to Booker T. Washington High left mark on students, neighborhood Published 05/16/2012 at midnight

  A year ago today, the city was tuned to Booker T. Washington and President Barack Obama's historic graduation speech.

• Up to 150 Memphis City Schools teachers face firing Published 05/16/2012 at midnight

  Between 130 and 150 Memphis City Schools teachers are being recommended for termination for poor performance -- three times the number who lost their jobs for any reason last year.

• Memphis City Schools teachers get test results Published 05/14/2012 at 11:05 p.m.

  About 80 percent of Memphis City Schools' 6,400 teachers scored well enough on their new evaluations to be fairly confident about their jobs.

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