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Memphis-Shelby County Schools graduation rate hits 7-year high
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-Shelby County Schools is celebrating the district’s highest graduation rate in seven years. On Thursday, MSCS said the graduation rate rose to 85.4% for the 2025–26 school year. The rate increased 1% from 84.4% in 2024–25 and 7.7% from 77.7% in 2020, MSCS said. The seven- year series compares annual results for […]
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Bartlett City Schools superintendent announces retirement
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Bartlett City Schools superintendent has decided to retire at the end of June next year. Dr. David A. Stephens said in a letter that he will retire on June 30, 2027. “Serving as superintendent for the past 13 years has been the highlight of my 40-year career in education,” said Stephens. […]
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University of Memphis MBA program ranks fifth in Tennessee for 2027
The University of Memphis ranks No. 5 in Tennessee on MBASchools.org's 2027 list of online and hybrid MBA programs. According to MBASchools.org, the rankings consider factors such as program quality, graduation and retention rates, academic offerings, and institutional reputation and outcomes. The university's Executive MBA program combines classroom instruction with...
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Rhodes College Creative Writing Professor Receives Poetry Prize
Dr. Caki Wilkinson, Rhodes College professor of English and director of the creative writing department, whose 2021 poetry collection The Survival Expo was lauded by such monumental publications as The New York Times and, that’s right, Memphis Magazine, was honored last week at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Wilkinson received the 2026 Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry and was honored with a celebration at the college last week. The event included lectures on Wilkinson’s poetry by writers Alice Bolin and Daniel Hornsby.
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Nearly 40 Memphis high schoolers join the U.S. Army
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There are several reasons to choose the military, and this year, nearly 250 people across the Mid-South made that decision. “When I joined, it was because I had a why, and my why was to have a house, to get my education, finish my career, and I have a wife and my […]
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Rhodes College names three alumni award recipients
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rhodes College will honor three alumni for their professional achievements and community service during its annual alumni awards ceremony Nov. 14, part of the college’s Homecoming/Reunion Weekend. This year’s honorees are Sally Jones Heinz, a 1981 graduate receiving the Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award;...
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Week 10: High School Football Round Up
Scores via TSSAA Briarcrest 28, Lipscomb Academy 22 * Brighton 34, Millington 13 Christian Brothers 35, MUS 14 * Collierville 45, Cordova 0 * Covington 63, McNairy Central 28 * Crockett Co. 62, Chester Co. 21 * Dyer Co. 42, Jackson South Side 12 * ECS 44, St. Benedict 0 (Thu) * Fairley 13, Mitchell […]
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Ground broken for new College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building at UT Health Sciences
Somewhere in Tennessee, a family will one day sit across from a healthcare professional they have never met. They may be facing a di:icult diagnosis, welcoming a new baby, recovering from an injury or searching for answers about their health. They may never know where the doctor, nurse, therapist or other healthcare professional caring for them received their education. But there is a good chance that person was Made in Tennessee, through the education and training provided by the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. Preparing the next generation of healthcare professionals takes more than dedicated faculty and talented students. It also takes a commitment to providing the spaces, technology and hands-on experiences that prepare them for the challenges they will face. That commitment is taking shape through Tennessee’s investment in the new College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building (COMIB) at UT Health Sciences, which will help prepare future healthcare professionals to serve communities across the state. At the recent groundbreaking, Ophelia Pilkinton, president of the College of Medicine Class of 2027, put it this way: “Somewhere, right now, there are patients we have never met, patients who do not know our names and don’t know what their futures hold,” she said.
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Whitehaven High School Shuts Down Thursday and Friday Over Power Outage
Whitehaven High School is closed Thursday and Friday because an ongoing power outage is affecting critical systems across the campus, the school said. The shutdown means students in the Whitehaven community are facing a second straight day without class, with no in-person instruction expected to resume until next week. According...
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Students set goal to collect thousands of socks
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — October is typically filled with fall festivities and Halloween fun, but for one Bartlett Middle School, it’s dedicated to giving back. It’s an annual tradition that a functional skills teacher has taken on for the past ten years. WREG’s Raven Copeland explains how a teacher’s personal journey has impacted students and the […]
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Memphis Schools State Takeover Paused Again
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. The state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools has once again been temporarily blocked, this time by a local judge on Monday. That decision came minutes before the state-appointed oversight board was set to meet for the...
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Whitehaven High School closed due to power outage
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Whitehaven High School will be closed Thursday and Friday due to an ongoing power outage, MSCS school officials stated. Officials say the power outage is affecting critical systems across the campus. At this time, it is unclear when the power will be restored. The school district said it will provide updates once […]
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Doubletree Elementary reopens Friday after water main break causes closure, MSCS says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Doubletree Elementary School will reopen Friday after a water main break caused the school to close Thursday, MSCS officials said. Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) confirmed that the water main break affecting Doubletree Elementary School has been repaired, and the school is fully operational. In an email sent to WREG, the school district […]
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Southwest Tennessee Community College works to remove barriers to college success
Dr. LaShonda Lewis, director of Child Care Centers at Southwest Tennessee Community College, discusses a program offering affordable child care on a sliding scale to help student-parents stay enrolled and graduate.