Content Tagged 'Teachers'

Teacher-training programs do not adequately prepare would-be educators for the classroom, even as they produce almost triple the number of graduates needed.

Last week, Unified School District administrators notified employees about missing a paycheck. This came about as Memphis and Shelby County Schools are getting on the same payroll schedule. Teachers said they knew if enough noise was made they would bring about change, and now they couldn't be happier. Watch Video

The 300 plus teachers are thankful to still have a job, but they're now facing another obstacle. If classes aren't filled, the board may take that funding away again and they'll be back to square one. Watch Video

Missing paychecks are upsetting a lot of teachers. Unified school district administrators continue to scramble for ways to help employees transition to a new payroll system. Watch Video

Are the inmates running the asylum? That's what one Shelby County School Board member is wondering after school leaders announced Shelby County teachers would have to go a month without being paid. Watch Video

Dorsey Hopson, Interim Superintendent for the merged Memphis/Shelby County school district, notified employees Monday of a "workable" solution to prevent teachers from missing a paycheck.

A former NFL star indicted in a test-taking ring involving Mid-South teachers is requesting diversion.

Nearly 600 Memphis and Shelby County teachers are about to be unemployed, and school officials say that's 600 teachers too many. Watch Video

A longtime Memphis educator will spend seven years in federal prison for leading a 15-year scheme to help Mid-South teachers cheat on qualification exams.

Bad schools need better teachers. At least that's the idea behind a plan to pay big bonuses to good teachers to work at the worst performing schools in Memphis. Watch Video

300 local teachers have no idea where they're going to work this school year, according to the head of the Memphis teacher's union. Watch Video

A longtime Memphis educator accused of leading a 15-year scheme to help teachers cheat on qualification exams has changed his plea to guilty a week after he rejected a deal from prosecutors. Watch Video

Clarence Mumford, Jr. pleaded guilty Tuesday to aiding and abetting identification fraud as part of a multi-state test-taking scam for teacher certification exams.

The union representing Memphis city school teachers wants to teach the Unified School Board a lesson in ABC's, with ABC standing for Another Big Controversy. Fearing premium spikes or cuts to their insurance coverage, the teachers could file yet another lawsuit in the city-county school merger case. Watch Video

A bill to close public access to teacher evaluation records is headed for the governor's signature.

A proposal that would allow teachers to qualify for tenure if they "meet expectations" on their evaluations is likely dead this session.

The Tennessee Department of Education has released a report to lawmakers that addresses educators' concerns about the way certain test scores are used to evaluate teachers.

The road leading toward merged city and county schools is a pot hole riddled trail filled with potential troubles. Now the head of the Memphis Teachers Association is angry the board hasn't considered their ideas about the merger. Watch Video

A federal grand jury has indicted a Memphis man who was allegedly paid to have stand-ins take the certification tests for Mid-South teachers.  |   Read the Indictment against Clarence Mumford (1.3MB)

Federal investigators say the people responsible for educating your child may have cheated on their teacher exams. Their accused ringleader is a former MCS administrator. Watch Video  |   Read the Indictment against Clarence Mumford (1.3MB)

Nine finalists for Tennessee Teacher of the Year have been announced by the Tennessee Department of Education.

Former Super Bowl winner Cedrick Wilson is the latest to be indicted in a test-taking scheme in which teacher candidates would hire others to take certification tests on their behalf in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.

A former teacher pleaded guilty to his part in a scam where he helped aspiring teachers cheat on their certification exams.

It's okay for teachers to have a sexual relationship with students as long as the student is 18 or older, so says the Arkansas Supreme Court. Watch Video

Federal prosecutors in Memphis have announced that 10 more people have been indicted in a scheme to hire others to take teacher certification tests in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.

The Arkansas Supreme Court has struck down the state's law banning sexual contact between teachers and students, finding that people 18 or older have a constitutional right to engage in a consensual sexual relationship.

A proposal to close public access to teacher evaluation data is advancing in the House.