Youth & Education

Feature Story This Porter-Leath Early Childhood Academy is a state-of-the-art preschool and teacher training institute located at 628 Alice Avenue. (Ziggy Mack) Kids and Education

Porter-Leath is enrolling preschool students for 2021-22 and temporarily waving application fees

Cole BradleyThursday, July 22, 2021
Feature Story A graduate of the Memphis Teaching Resident program teaches literacy skills to elementary students. (Memphis Teaching Residency) Kids and Education

New literacy institute plans July conference, offers reading specialist program for area teachers

Sarah RushakoffMonday, May 31, 2021
Feature Story A family picks up activity sheets and grab-and-go craft kits at the North Branch Library. The kids are part of Memphis Public Libraries' strategy for helping kids with learning and literacy from home during the pandemic. (Memphis Library Foundation) Kids and Education

Memphis libraries' expanded programs promise a summer of fun

Sarah RushakoffThursday, May 20, 2021
Feature Story Young musicians with PRIZM Ensemble practice their skills pre-pandemic. Registration is open for their 2021 summer camp, which will be held June 21 through July 9. (Submitted) Arts and Culture

PRIZM Ensemble's 2021 summer camps will be held in person and virtual; registration open

Sarah RushakoffWednesday, May 5, 2021
Feature Story pandemickid Kids and Education

Is the pandemic an 'Adverse Childhood Experience'?

Tiffany Thomas-TurnerWednesday, April 21, 2021
Feature Story (Courtesy of Memphis Music Initiative) Kids and Education

Every student got an offer at Memphis Music Initiative's first HBCU scholarship audition event

Sarah RushakoffWednesday, March 24, 2021
Feature Story Brijin Shelton and son Xavier Shelton show off the artwork they made together as part of the Gestalt Community Schools' Known, Loved, and Educated self-care and wellness program. (Submitted) Kids and Education

Gestalt Community Schools pilot program aims to help parents cope with pandemic-related stress

Erica HortonWednesday, March 3, 2021
Feature Story Youth Villages' operations center in Memphis, Tennessee. (Youth Villages) Kids and Education

Youth Villages harnesses 75 years of experience with recent staff promotions

Sarah RushakoffWednesday, February 24, 2021
Feature Story Kevin McCoy Kids and Education

How has chaos at the Capitol hit kids in Memphis?

Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Feature Story memphisschoolguide.png Kids and Education

Shelby County Schools is enrolling for 2021-22. The Memphis School Guide can help families choose.

Cole BradleyThursday, January 28, 2021
Feature Story The star cluster Westerlund 2 in the Milky Way galaxy, with an estimated age of about one or two million years. (Courtesy of NASA) Kids and Education

NASA is helping a U of M professor bring space sciences to Memphis-area K-12 classrooms

Jim Coleman and Cole BradleyWednesday, January 13, 2021
Feature Story Marquetta Wilson poses with her children and her high school diploma. Wilson earned her diploma from the Goodwill Excel Center in June 2020 at 30 years old. Excel's adult learning program is free to participants. (Ziggy Mack)

It took her 13 years to graduate high school. Now she's building the life she's always wanted.

Special Essay by Marquetta WilsonThursday, January 7, 2021
Feature Story Teaching artists with the New Ensemble Ballet and School perform a socially-distanced dance routine. (Submitted) Arts and Culture

These dancers are talented, passionate, and staying in Memphis to teach.

Sarah RushakoffThursday, December 24, 2020
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