The comments came as the state legislature is discussing expansive school choice voucher legislation in a special session.

A Tennessee lawmaker wants Memphis-Shelby County Schools to come under the oversight of a state-appointed management board, ...

If Marie Feagins' contract is terminated Tuesday night, the board will also vote on appointing an interim superintendent ...

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is lobbying lawmakers to drop the state takeover, hoping cooler heads will prevail.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board on Tuesday night voted to fire Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins. The vote came amid ...

A top Republican lawmaker said on a conservative radio talk show Monday morning that the state of Tennessee likely will take over the Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education in response ...

A Memphis lawmaker is recommending the state take over the Memphis Shelby County School system after the school board fired its director. (Photo: Karen Pulfer Focht) A state move to take over ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct a misspelling of a name. The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education could terminate the contract of the superintendent of the ...

Memphis-Shelby County Schools School Board chair Joyce Dorse-Coleman speaks regarding the possibility of voting to terminate MSCS Superintendent Marie Feagins’ contract as Feagins looks on ...

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education could terminate the contract of the superintendent of the largest school district in Tennessee on Tuesday. Dr. Marie Feagins has been in the ...

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board could fire Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins on Tuesday evening. Tuesday, the board will meet to vote on the termination of Feagins' contract with cause.