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Hello! It’s Melissa with Chalkbeat Tennessee, here with your Wednesday roundup.
The newly appointed Memphis-Shelby County Schools oversight board will meet for the first time tomorrow (after its final member was appointed yesterday).
What comes next now that the board is in place? Nobody knows for sure, but the Texas state takeover of Houston’s school district may offer some clues. In the first few months of the takeover, major changes were made to things like classroom curriculum and teacher hiring.
Bri Hatch has more details on the first wave of changes in Houston and what that could mean for Memphis. Read more here.
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Local News
Former Teacher of the Year tapped for Memphis schools takeover board ahead of first meeting
What’s in store for the Memphis school takeover? Houston’s timeline offers clues.
Around Chalkbeat
Linda McMahon says she heard parents. Parents say special education changes show she didn’t listen.
Education Department dismantling continues: special ed oversight to HHS, civil rights to Justice
Students are often told to go to college. What if they need ‘career navigation’ first?
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What We’re Reading
MNPS Board Approves Petitions to Eliminate Fifth Grade at Two Nashville Charter Schools, Nashville Banner
The private school choice boom leaves behind many kids in public school, The Associated Press
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