Tennessee Takeover of Four Struggling Memphis Schools Backfires with Even Worse Results

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Tennessee Takeover of Four Struggling Memphis Schools Backfires with Even Worse Results

Jan 12, 2022

Tennessee state officials took charge of four Memphis schools a decade ago that struggled academically, and those same state officials hoped the schools would perform better than they did under local control.

That did not happen.

Under state control, those schools performed even worse.

JC Bowman, who directs the Nashville-based Professional Educators of Tennessee (PET) said Tuesday that state officials spent $1 billion on this program. He said the data he saw revealed 16 percent of students were on grade level under the domain of the Shelby County School System. But the numbers under the state-run schools deteriorated to 6 percent.

“As woeful as 16 percent was, 6 percent is completely unacceptable. That is horrendous,” Bowman told The Tennessee Star.

https://tennesseestar.com/2022/01/12...worse-results/

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