To tackle funding inequities and its implications, school districts across the country are shifting to student-based allocation and entrusting school leaders with the task of addressing the needs of their individual school. In Memphis, Shelby County Schools is implementing Back2Students, a student-based budget-planning initiative that prioritizes four types of students: first-time readers, students with disabilities, students […]
With early voting for the Shelby County general election in full swing, now is a good time to reflect on the importance of voting and the role that it plays in shaping our communities – present and future. Politics at every level can often play out more like a poorly written television drama than the […]
Stand for Children Tennessee proudly endorses the following slate of education champions in the Shelby County general election on August 2, 2018. Shelby County Mayor: Lee Harris Shelby County Board of Commissioners: Mark Billingsley, District 4 Michael Whaley, District 5 Willie Brooks, Jr., District 6 Tami Sawyer, District 7 Mickell Lowery, District 8 Reginald Milton, District […]
Stand for Children members support the students of Shelby County as they advocate for school discipline reform and safety considerations.
Let the Shelby County Commission know that funding students first is one of our community’s highest priorities by signing the pledge today.
I made this speech at the Lorraine Motel on the 50th anniversary of the assination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Thanks to the National Civil Rights Museum for partnering with organizations like ours, and so many others, to create a space over the last year to ask the challenging question, Where Do We Go From […]
