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Tennessee needs to invest more than $9 billion in its K-12 education infrastructure over five years, an increase of nearly 9% from an assessment done a year earlier, a new state report says.

The assessment of facility needs comes as local and state officials grapple with how to cover the rising costs of school construction, which have doubled in the last decade.

Cummings K-8 Optional School students were switched to LaRose Elementary when a library ceiling collapsed in August, and they’ll stay there through the end of the year.

"Unexpected construction delays" have lead to the decision to keep students, teachers and faculty of Cummings Elementary at LaRose after a partial roof collapse.

At a recent Whitehaven meeting, a search committee advisory member agreed with some residents that the next MSCS superintendent should be one of their own.

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Dr. Melissa Collins would love to see the community take a bigger interest in how educators prepare the next generation.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools educator at John P. Freeman Optional School, Melissa Collins, was named Tennessees Teacher of the Year for 2022-23.

Dr. Melissa Collins, a second-grade teacher at John P. Freeman Optional School, is the winner of this year's top teaching honor.

Melissa Collins, a second-grade Memphis teacher and a national leader in STEAM education, has received Tennessee’s top teaching honor for 2022.