Memphis-Shelby County Schools is under state and local pressure to boost student achievement as the battle over district control continues to play out in federal court.
People advocating to establish a state-appointed oversight board for MSCS cite years of academic underperformance. But concrete ideas for policy and resources that could improve Memphis student outcomes are often missing from debates about the state takeover.
During a Chalkbeat virtual panel Monday, local education experts said improving MSCS won’t be an easy or short-term task. Joshua Glazer, an education policy professor at George Washington University who studies the Achievement School District and iZone, said the district needs a long-term, public plan that outlives any single superintendent or board iteration, especially in a district that has seen four superintendents in the last five years…